In the book How the Other Half Lives‚ is the most touching and sympathetic book that anyone will ever read. Written by Jacob Riis‚ who was a poor immigrant himself‚ based this book on the poor living conditions he lived. Being an immigrant‚ it was hard for Jacob to find work. He had no money; therefore‚ he lived in police station lodging houses and shelters of all sorts. As soon as he found a successful job being a police reporter‚ he began writing and lecturing to inform people what a disgrace many
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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
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experience. In the book How the Other Half Lives‚ there are many parts and quotes that can be used to support Horace’s statement. For example‚ Jacob Riis wrote‚ “He goes to describe the plight of the city’s poor children‚ many of them homeless‚ having been cast out by families no longer able to support them. He writes of the disastrous effects of alcohol‚ alludes circumspectly to the opportunity and danger that prostitution presents to poor girls‚ deplores mendicants and other dependent on charity” (Riis
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Telling others to live up to their dreams. Is it really that easy? What if your life was drastically turned around because of those hopes? Fighting with your every breath. My biggest fear was trying to untangle the twisted knots deep within me‚ and let the air resurface through my lungs. Everyone told me that I was abnormal and inhumane because I was lonely and that my only friend was the darkness that surrounded me. I was lost in this world; I had no place to call home as I was abandoned the
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the world. Hearing their stories would help you learn about all the vast cultures out there‚ maybe understand them better‚ this could all lead to a more peaceful community due to the fact that you can help world leaders learn about the cultures of other countries and how to negotiate with them. When you looking back at great historical events or buildings like the pyramids of the Great Pyramid of Giza and not only be able to tell people that you’ve seen them but to be able to tell them "I saw them
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Jacob Riis It was 1890‚ a difficult time in the still young America‚ when author Jacob Riis won international acclaim for this bestseller of that year‚ “How the Other Half Lives‚” an in-depth expose on the desperate and squalid conditions of New York City’s tenements and slums. Riis’ book provided impetus to a sanitary reform movement that began in the 1840s and ultimately culminated in New York State’s landmark Tenement House Act of 1901. Jacob August Riis‚ journalist‚ author‚ photographer
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the right to end other people lives? Everyone have different opinion on this kind of questions. Some people have physical pain that they can’t handle because they suffer from cancer and other diseases. Some people believe that doctors and family members should never be allowed‚ but others believe that under certain situations it may be more helpful to do so. In my opinion‚ doctors and families should never be allowed to end someone’s life because doctors’ approach is to save lives and people don’t
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something – it provides a compelling representation of the author’s view. All this is done by Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives‚ where the reader is informed about the hideous conditions that the poor had to face in New York City. Riis uses detailed images‚ facts with statistics‚ and examples to create an image to the reader of what these people go through in their everyday lives. Using this process‚ Riis is able to create an important image‚ which allows the reader to imagine the conditions of
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Jacob Riis was a social reformer who used photography to raise awareness for urban poverty. He became a reporter and wrote about individuals facing certain plights in order to garner sympathy for them. His book How the Other Half Lives caused people to try to reform the lives of people who lived in slums. He used vivid photographs and stories about individuals to call people to action. No one could argue with a picture‚ so his book showed urbanization and the problems that accompanied it very
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Riis’ views through his book ‘How the Other Half Lives‚’ is conveyed by storytelling and is largely made of logos‚ however the key component is actually ethos‚ like a politician running a campaign‚ Jacob Riis’s uses logos and pathos to create a persona of authority on the topic of the poor in New York City. I am going to look in depth on how Riis uses different approaches to convey his views to his audience: why does do some of Riis’ key texts contradict each other? Is he conscious of if? Is it brilliant
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