Question

You are a writer in the early 1900s. living in a major u.s. city, you see many unpleasant things each day: children as young as 8 working 12 hour days, women forced into a life of prostitution, and disgusting conditions at the local meat processing plant. you decide that you have had enough of this, and, using your literary skills, you plan to write a novel that will begin to address these issues. you hope it will cause enough outcry that the public- and the government- will take notice. this prompt would refer to someone who would consider themselves a

Answer 1

This prompt would refer to someone who would consider themselves a Muckraker. A muckraker is someone who researches and publishes scandles and corruption found in politics. This term was popularized in 1906 when used by President Theodore Roosevelt in a speech, he reference a man with a muckrake in his hand, a term from "Pilgrim's Progress" describing someone who seeks worldly gain by raking muck.