The Lives of Others

Jacob Riis’s work How the Other Half Lives, he exposes the poor quality of the slums in New York during the late nineteenth century. While speaking about the conditions of the slums Riis writes, “The metropolis is to lots of people like a lighted candle to the moth” (Riis, 66). Through the comparison of the metropolis to the attraction of a moth to a lighted candle, Riis conveys the desire of the masses from all over the world to come to the United States to start their new lives. It is the idea of a

Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Lives In How the Other Half Lives, the author Jacob Riis sheds light on the darker side of tenant housing and urban dwellers. He goes to several different parts of the city of New York witnessing first hand the hardships that many immigrants faced when coming to America. His journalism and photographs of the conditions of the tenant housing helped led the way of reformation in the slums of New York. His research opened the eyes of many Americans to the darker

consuming was not a way to sustain but a way to show division between classes (Ritzer & Stepnisky, 2013, p.55). His theories about conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure are all too often reflected in society today. The article How the Other Fifth Lives in The New York Times reveals exactly what Veblen observed years ago. According to the article the top 5% of Americans holding not only most of the economic wealth but how they also control this wealth. With the controlling of economic wealth

Before he destroyed the lives of others, Joseph Stalin began as a poor child in an atrocious family. Stalin felt as though life was unfair, and he always sensed he was a nuisance to those with intelligence. Since his mother decided to send him off to become a priest, Stalin never completed his education. However, he became involved with revolutionary activity, and risked being detained all the time. Around 1922, Stalin was given the position as General Secretary of the Communist Party’s Central Committee

Serve Others Not Make Them Serve Throughout my life I have taken pride in my caring for others. I believe I got this gift from my parents who are both ministers. I love working not only with children but also with elderly and the less fortunate. I have put in hundreds of hours of volunteer work, varying from manual labor to playing games in a nursing home. Something else I inherited from my parents is the gene of competitiveness. In everything I do I am competitive and must win. For example

The Reality of Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Lives Jacob Riis’ book How the Other Half Lives is a detailed description on the poor and the destitute in the inner realms of New York City. Riis tries to portray the living conditions through the ‘eyes’ of his camera. He sneaks up on the people flashes a picture and then tells the rest of the city how the ‘other half’ is living. As shocking as the truth was without seeing such poverty and horrible conditions with their own eyes or taking in the experience

"Before I can live with other folks, I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience" (Lee). This quote reveals many truths that are very critical to your life. Each part of the quote can teach you something different when you break everything down. Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is a very inspirational book with many life lessons woven in the text, and this quote provides much of the same. The first part of the quote teaches you

How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis (1890) and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1906). The two writing were published during the Progressive Era and led to a significant changes in way American lives and the way of looking at the immigrants. During the 1890s, poor immigrants piles up in slum area and lived in harsh, animal-like conditions. Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant experience many of the hardships that immigrants experienced.

von Donnersmarck’s ‘The Lives of Others’ tells the story of Gerd Wiesler, a strict East German secret police (Stasi) officer, and the impact the people around him have on his life. The film is set in 1984, opening with a scene where Wiesler is teaching a class on interrogation techniques. This paints a picture of Wiesler’s character within minutes of his introduction. Throughout the course of the film Wiesler’s perspective and points of view change as he observes the lives of playwright Geog Dreyman

Jacob Riis' book How the Other Half Lives is a detailed description on the poor and the destitute in the inner realms of New York City. Riis tries to portray the living conditions through the ‘eyes' of his camera. He sneaks up on the people flashes a picture and then tells the rest of the city how the ‘other half' is living. As shocking as the truth was without seeing such poverty and horrible conditions with their own eyes or taking in the experience with all their senses it still seemed like