The Lives of Others

revolution. In the book "How the Other half Lives" by Jacob Riis it shows the lives of poor immigrants that have come over to American from mostly European countries to try to get a fresh start on a new land. What these people did not know is how they would have to live. Riis wanted people to see what was really going on in the live of many immigrants during this time in New York. Most immigrants didn’t have much money to start with, they had to live in tenants with several other families in one twelve by

opportunity to make a difference in the world, to make a change, to take action. However when does change really happen? When the problems start or when those same problems have caused major damage? The photography presented in Jacob Riss’ “How the Other Half Lives”, shows a threatening issue that could potentially affect the middle class. Lack of nutrition, unemployment, living conditions and poor child safety affected a lot of the lower class. With this in mind it’s clear to say that the issues shown

demand. He argued that the frequent gluts, shortages, strikes, and business failures under an economic system run on competition are immense wastes that would be eliminated under a system based on communal cooperation (Bellamy, 1996). In “How the Other Half Lives”, Riis wrote his novel to inform members of society of the terrible living conditions of more than half of New York City 's residents. He described the cheap construction of the tenements, the high rents, and the absentee landlords. He protested

Demetrios Zioulis Book Report 11-4-15 When it was published in 1890, the novel How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis astonished the middle and upper class Americans. Riis revealed to the world the horrific living conditions of New York City’s tenement housing. He did this by the use of graphic photographs (that he himself took) and detailed written descriptions which are all first-hand accounts, as he was a witness to whatever he wrote. After reading the novel one might question how are the poor

First of all, Jacob Riis is the author of “How the Other Side lives”. He was famous for using photography to document the extremely poor conditions of many poor populations in the early 20th century. Riis was a Danish immigrant, he worked as a police reporter for The New York Tribune, a job that gave him a close and personal relationship with Mulberry Bend, a vestige of Five Points, the most infamous slum in the city. This book reveals the dirt, disease and misery associated with the living in the

In chapter 15 of How the Other Half Lives by Riis, it goes over the problems that children faced in the 1890s (Document B). The children were treated like adults and had harsh conditions in the jobs they held and they were not paid much at all for what they did. Adults never cared about the children, Riis basically sums up the chapter by saying that children were treated “awful”. Children were even thrown out of school for no reason except to make room for others. In 1900, 18 percent of all American

living conditions of the New York tenements in How the Other Half Lives. With the excess inflow of immigrants into the United States in the 19th century, New York City (a very popular port) became tremendously overcrowded. The city did not adapt well to the increasing population and thus warehouses and homes meant for just one family were often divided into numerous rooms for dozens of people. These impoverished families were forced to live in dark, unventilated, and cramped rooms for unreasonably

out talents which in a successful environment, would not exist. With all these assurances that difficult circumstances will meritable, it is hard to picture Horace’s statement being challenged. However, in the books, “The Jungle,” and “How the Other Half Lives,” adversity clearly never led to any such benefits or talents being drawn out as Horace mentioned. For example, within, “The Jungle,” by Upton Sinclair, Jurgis, a Lithuanian immigrant, came to America with his family for the “American Dream.”

Although Słobodzianek draws on historical events from the lives of others, while Dovaltov draws upon his own life; both authors move beyond facts to detailed narratives. Henri Bergson provides a framework of analysis for this conjoining of historical facts and fictional details in his two categories of memory involved in the writing of documentary proseL mechanical memory (remembering facts/frameworks) and spontaneous memory (details beyond the catalogue of the mechanical memory). Our Class and

Who influenced the other party more? Chris or the people he met along his journey? Without any money, or material objects Chris was able to leave a lasting impact on the people he met on his journey to Alaska. In Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless is able to leave a greater influence on the people he met along his journey to Alaska rather than the impact they made on him. On Chris’s journey to Alaska, he met a gentleman by the name of Ronald Franz, and is able to leave a lasting impression