The Chicago stockyard setting plays a vital role in revealing the characters and the capitalistic theme of the novel. The stockyards reflect the corruption and evil of Capitalism. Morris seems to suggest, "When he describes how factories process meat, his description also functions as a diagram of...
A larger number of workers that can each be well adapted for a certain part of the whole product would be much more sufficient. ... (Smith, 5) However, once an individual can master a certain part of pin making, therefore doing his part and allowing his fellow workers do what they know to do best, production rapidly improves and speeds up. ... If each creates the greater part of the whole, then it will be beneficial. ... With all the evidence provided by Marx in this chapter, it makes one feel that division of labor can in fact be a detrimental thing. ...
