The Jungle

The Jungle

Why does Sinclair compare the actions of the woman to the prestidigitator?

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Sinclair's description illustrates the way the woman's actions can be compared to fine machinery..... quick, precise, and mechanically.

It was quite like the feat of a prestidigitator—for the woman worked so fast that the eye could literally not follow her, and there was only a mist of motion, and tangle after tangle of sausages appearing.

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