This article by Jacob A. Riis‚ has many defying parts that one might not notice at first glance. He really put things into prospective by going into great detail on what he was trying to address. With all the intriguing details that he put into writing it seems as though he was trying to get the attention of any health leaders such as the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and/or the WHO (World Health Organization) to help improve tenements of the deplorable living conditions in
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“A Day Like No Other” Charlie Gonzalez and her husband Damian Gonzalez have lived in southeast Florida their entire lives a are use to hurricanes hitting there all the time but little did they know this hurricane was gonna be one they never forget. As Damian was driving home the rain fell like rock on the windows and the wind blew like a jet engine before it takes off it was going to be the worst storm yet and Damian was in a rush to get home when he say a man walking in this horrible weather so
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The Day Just Like Any Other Day It was a beautiful afternoon. The spring breeze was crisp and the bright green leaves swayed gently in the treetops. The sun hung high in the sky warming my face as I waited for the bus to take my brother and me home from school. Every blade of grass and newly bloomed flower was indicative of new life; the changing of seasons. We boarded the bus with all of the other kids just like we had so many times before. Everything about this day seemed so much like any other
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Helena Maria Viramontes’ story “The Moths” that I could relate to. I was very drawn to the ways in how similar my experiences were to those of the narrator. I along with my mother had to care after my grandmother whose health was slowly depleting. This young girl transforms because of her experiences and hardships through subjugation by her own culture‚ the struggle for freedom‚ and the grief that came from her grandmothers’ death. I believe Viramontes depicts a great story about change in which the
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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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hour and a half to the school day. I disagree with the idea for three reasons. One‚ the school day is long enough. Two‚ children will not have time for sports‚ clubs‚ and other after school activities. Three‚ stress levels are bound to rise with this nonsense. Why add boring hours to dreary days? Staff and students handle more than meets the eye during the day. The effects of a change such as this will only end poorly. In other words‚ why torture children with the fact that their day is longer and
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might not know or if you and your family have to share your home with some other families? well‚ that’s some of the things that these people have to live every day. Living in small places without any ventilation‚ light‚ plumbing or a place where their children can play even sometimes exposed to get robbed‚ having a high risk of diseases and without fire escapes. In this photo taken by Jacob Riis for his book "How the other half lives" we can see how people that pay a cent to spend the night (the ones
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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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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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Half-full or Half-empty? How many of us grew up believing in Peter Pan philosophies that thinking happy thoughts would make everything better? Or at “every clouds has a silver lining”‚ “the glass is always half-full?” and that no matter how awful life is has been “there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.” Otherwise‚ you were at varied enormous principle‚ raised on the belief that by thinking the worst of everything and everyone‚ you’d be better prepared for disappointment… Psychologists
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