I feel really bad for the poor people cause they lived really bad lives. Almost 5 people lived in 1 room, and the room is the size of a really small room.Its is not only a bedroom it is a kichin too. pEOPLE had to hang clothes on a rope. People that did not want to sleep outside and the peole that had at least 7 cents to go to a place with a small bed. Thank goodness everything is better right now.
I feel really bad for the poor people cause they lived really bad lives. Almost 5 people lived in 1 room, and the room is the size of a really small room.Its is not only a bedroom it is a kichin too. pEOPLE had to hang clothes on a rope. People that did not want to sleep outside and the peole that had at least 7 cents to go to a place with a small bed. Thank goodness everything is better right now.
I think that the pictures that Jacob Riis has a lot of pictures on how many pepole lived in homes. One picture shows a group of people live in a same room and they do everything in the same room. Thye cook and do everything in the same room. There is up to like 5 people one room and be living in it. They all live in an uncomfortable way since it is crowded there.
The pictures we saw in class showed pure poverty. It was heart breaking to see how these actual people lived. Five, even six people in one room, three people in one bed. They had the worse living conditions. Alley ways crowded, roofs looked like the could collapse at any moment. It was truley sad to see how the other half lives
The pictures Jacob Riis took were of poverty and the harsh lifestyle that people had to live with. In the pictures, there were families overcrowding an alley. Clothing was hung everywhere. In another picture, there were men sitting on a bench, and a woman holding a child. Around the mwere poor conditioned houses. Cardboard and wood adorned houses that weren't a proper shelter. The picture I think that stands out the most was the picture of the men in the room. They were sharing a bed and they looked sick.
Jacobb Riis is a man of good values. The pictures that stood out the most was the people at coney island and the men in the small room. it showed how the the two lives compared to each other. i believe that it is so sad that the rich people ca spend time at the beach and not think about the poor people who are living in the worst place imaginable. i know i would be guilty and i thank god for everything i have and wish i could do more to help them out.
Jacob Riis' was a muchracker that wanted to show the side of poverty that seems to be covered the many who have become famous and rich through the gilded age. Jacob showed the other side of the city, the side of poverty and desperatiobn. Many of Jacob's pictures portrayed crowded conditions and horrible living places. One of the images that struck me of intrest was the seven cent house, this was extremly surprising to me, so many people sleeping in such dirty rooms, the sight was horrible and sanitiation was not to be seen. Another picture showed a very crowed alley way with clothes hanging from banisters. This picture potrayed survivial, these poverty stricken people were forced to hang out in these conditions to pass the time, cook, or even go to the bathroom. This picture was stangant to my mind do to the numerous amount of pictures .
The pictures we viewed today from the 1900s was horrible. The people were in the street living in cardboard box homes. The roof of the house in that picture looked like it was about to fall down and the house had no windows and was probably made by tapping pieces of cardboard together. It was unsafe, unsanitary, and horrible. I felt really bad for the poor people and immigrants who had to live in these makeshift homes and 7 cent hammocks. Jacob Riis did a good job of portarying the problems of the poor to get changes for the better. These pictures made me and probably everybody who saw them try to help these people with whatever they could afford.
I feel the pictures that Jacob Riis has provided are all pictures displaying the lower class of our country. It displays some of the conditions that people under poverty must live under. In one picture, five people are living in one room the size of an ideal bedroom. This is a hazardous condition because they are forced into a small space. they might even cook in the alley that people have used as a bathroom. This could mean sicknesses, diseases, and germs into their food.
The pictures Jackob Riis took were people that lived in poverty. Can you imagine living in a house where 5 people lived in one room? I don't think I would be able to live like that. People also lived in alleys too. Many other people payed 7 cents to live in a dirty room. These rooms had horrible sanitation. I really felt bad for these very poor people living in such harsh conditions. People need to be grateful if they are living in a house or an apartment because what these poor people went through was absolutely horrible.
I think Khadijah is right. These people did cook in alleys where other poor people did use the bathroom. This can spread many diseasesand many germs as well.
The pictures that Jacob Riis had taken were unreal. The people that were in these pictures had lived in extreme poverty. In one of the pictures, 5 people lived in one room, and it was also the kitchen. Khadijah is right. This was what poverty was actually like.
The photos that Jacob Riis took were really saddening.They showed the poeple who lived in poverty that had to live in small rooms with 5 or more people.Some who didnt have homes lived in alleys or in shelters that cost 7¢ a night to stay in.People lived in slums that were unsanitary and often had diseases. Some buildings were made out of wood and looked like they may collapse any second.Sadly there is still poverty today but not as much. ~~P.S.*phtos is spelled wrong and Kevin wrote "muchrakers" instead of muckrakers.
Jacob Riis' picture on the homes of many poors were very poor. Their houses were the size of our bedroom today. A picture I remember was a man sitting on the bed with about 3 other people on the ground. In this picture we can see it has no kitchen or bathroom. Another picture I remember was that the picture with all the people sleeping in small beds that they had to pay 7 cents for. These beds were to keep that from getting cold in the winter but these beds can also causes them to get dieases. This is because many people slept on it and the people before may contain dieases. Or people who are in the same room as you contain dieases that you may breathe their carbon.
The pictures Jacob Riis took made me really think about what was going on back then. The pictures were about poor people living in poverty and sharing rooms in little houses. The picture that stands out in my head the most is the picture of those people in the hammocks. If they had to sleep there that means they had no homes and probably struggled to get the seven cents needed. And it makes me nervous just how safe those hammocks were. On top they could rip and fall on the poor sleeper underneath. I like 2007
The pictures Jacob Riis took really showed what people lived like before. The two pictures that stood out the most in my mind were the pictures of the people in the seven cent house and the picture of the people living in the crowded room. The conditions people lived in were horrible. There were 5-6 people living in one small,crowded room. Some people used the room they lived in as a bathroom. That's very unsanitary and people living in those kind of conditions have a much greater chance of getting sick. The roofs on the houses were not safe at all. They looked like they were cardboard. Some people would pay seven cents just to sleep inside the seven cent house.
Jacbo Riis affected the hearts of many people, including myself, as he worked as a photographer. His courtesy showed that these beings were treated less than human. Many of them died of disease, bacterium, unsanitary bathroom usages, and poor housing. Some pictures that were showed today was a mother and her child standing in front of a tarnished house, a few men sleeping in one bedroom since many of their belongings always went with them, people who payed $00.07 cents to sleep in cheap bunks when it was cold, and a whole family relying on artificial flowers to make a living. The picture that stood out the most in my mind would be the the image of a single mother and her 5-7 young children counting on every bits of these hand made flowers to keep themselves alive. It touched me because these children are too young to even does these kind of things. They should be getting a decent education , rather staying at home and worry if their business would worsen because in reality, selling fake things aren't worth a lot to others. But they can only support their own family. I also feel bad for the mother because she had no other choice but to have her children help her. Jacob Riis tried to use the snapshot of his lens to prove that life was harsh and it wasn't easy to overcome before the Progressive Era came to be and acts were then created to make life better.
The photos that Jacob Riis took were really saddening.They showed the poeple who lived in poverty that had to live in small rooms with 5 or more people.Some who didnt have homes lived in alleys or in shelters that cost 7¢ a night to stay in.People lived in slums that were unsanitary and often had diseases. Some buildings were made out of wood and looked like they may collapse any second.Sadly there is still poverty today but not as much. ------------------------------------ i agree with Chrisk becasue he talked about how people were like when they were living through poverty in bad homes.
The pictures Jacob Riss took that we saw in class today showed poverty and the common lifestyle of the poor. The photo that stood out in my mind the most was the one that showed the hammocks and people would pay 7 cents to sleep indoors. When Mr. Tutku showed us the picture of people in the farm (I think), no one could believe that there were humans sleeping there. Alleyways, wedged between buildings, were crowded with people. Unsanitary conditions were also seen in the pictures, which only elaborated that living in the 1900s was harsh and many lived in poverty.
The pictures that I saw in class were so disturbing and made me want to throw out and scream. The poverty and the filth that these retched souls were living in was just disastrous and so unsanitary. The roofs and the whole "house" was a sight to be told. Jacob Riis, in my opinion, did an amazing job at capturing the publics' hearts to witness "how the other half lives." His photos from class should pierce each and everyone's heart and should teach both the young and old what a dreadful thing it was.
I 100% agree with tiffy. The people were crowded into tiny rooms, the dirt and the filth of the whole place. Also, tiffy is again right when she says that the 5 men in one room greatly affected her... it affected me the most too. The harsh conditions were just dreadful!
I am shocked at the living standards of the people shown in the photographs taken by Jacob Riis. There was a photo with people standing outside terrible homes. It looked like they were made of cardboard. There were also a few photos of alley ways, where people hung out and laundry was hanging to dry. There was also a picture of dirty lodging. It was a horrible place to sleep, but was cheap (7 cents.) There was also a picture of a family, all of them were working to make artificial flowers. They were trying to make a living. But, the photo that I was most shocked at seeing was the five people that were in one room. The room seemed to combine the kitchen with the bedrooms. There were tons of blankets on the floor as beds. This is very devastating to see people live in such poverty. I am very glad that reforms were mad to make living conditions more sanitary. No wonder, after 1901, people in America had the highest living standards.
I definitely agree with Ann. The conditions the poor people lived in were harsh and truly unsanitary. Jacob Riis did do an amazing job of capturing the readers hearts. Even Theodore Roosevelt got devastated by the conditions. Jacob Riis was a big part of the Progressive Era.
Mr. Tutku, Please excuse the comments above me. Obviously, I am being framed for a reason I'm not sure of. If you're suspecting, I believe I have a culprit or some suspects on mind.
The pictures from Jacob Riis` book, How the Other Side Lives, shows how horrid the conditions of poverty is. The picture that stood out most to me, is when all the infants were craped upon hammocks with wooden planks around them. When I firs saw the photo, it was hard to look at. I love children and that made me want to throw up. Imagine if everyone was grown up like that, when a bby wanted to move they would probably fall out of the hammock. The hammock was probably itchy and not very clean and another baby who slept there may have had a disease. I think that sickening and I can't believe how people lived through that, and the owners lived with that.
A muchracker, Jacob Riis', showed the way our lives would of been back then..poor! The side of poverty that many people, immigrants and other people had to go through to have a better life for themselves and there family. The families went through depression and not only the parents worked but,the little children of the family had to also. Jacob's pictures show or portrayed the how the population was crowded and very high. Also, people lived in horrible living places that could of been the same size of a bathroom we go in. People were sleeping in dirty rooms, that it seemed as soon as you step into the room you can get sick. Another picture showed a very crowed alley way with clothes hanging from banisters. If these people were not poor they would of seen how the wood can break any second. This picture showed or portrayed survival because the people would cook, hang out, go to the bathroom where other people would sleep. Back then people would of not cared as much as we do because they just wanted to survive but we, living today would be disgusted!
I agree with Kevin because i think the pictures by Jacob Riis' pictures did portray the disgusting, sanitation. Also, the pictures showed poverty, crowned conditions and depression. another good point Kevin said was that this showed the living conditions of people that became rich and famous in the gilded ages. And it is true because the famous and rich people in the gilded ages had to live and suffer in horrible conditions just like other people.
Yes, those pictures that I have seen today, tormented my soul, and very being in a monumental way. I have seen the pain, and poverty, that these people had to endure, in order for them to live. The basic things, that we as humans in a modernized American society, take for granted, as something that was considered a grand luxury for these people. The main thing, that struck me the most, was how the people were in the room. There were almost 5 of them, and it was heartbreaking to witness. It was truly, a sad sight, because something we take for granted now, was something they could only dream off back then.
Such horrible proverty shown in the pictures. Many of Jacob's pictures portrayed crowded conditions and horrible living places.The people were in the street living in cardboard box homes. The roof of the house in that picture looked like it was about to fall down and the house had no windows and was probably made by tapping pieces of cardboard together.These rooms had horrible sanitation. The aful experience of these people it would give them sucidal thoughts.
The pictures we saw in class was the pictures Jacob Riis, a muckraker, used in his book, "How the Other Side Lives." Jacob Riis' pictures portrayed the poverty during 1901. These pictures portrayed the horrible, disgusting, unsanitary living conditions of lower class people. Their buildings would be poorly built looking as if it would collapse right on its residents. This shows lower class buildings were unsafe. Lower class people would also hang around alleys that were filled with garbage. The alleys would become so crowded. Lower class people would only have the choice of drying their clothes by hanging them on ropes connected from their building to the building across of them. Lower class people also had poor living conditions at home. Families would be given tight spaced homes where they would have to use all the space they can. Their rooms also seemed wrecked with no ventilation. They did not even have clean running water or even enough toilets for all residents. Many lower class people would have to share the same toilets and the bathrooms would very unsanitary. Seven cents houses would be built for lower class people so they could pay only sevent cents to sleep on a hammock that was probably not even comfortable enough to sleep on. With many different people sleeping on the same hammocks that were not cleaned, people may have gotten sick or caught diseases from others. Jacob Riis had really touched my heart and showed me the horrifying conditions of poverty. I believe Jacob Riis is an excellent muckraker and definitely influenced the opinions of his readers with his book, "How the Other Side Lives."
Jacob Riis was a muchracker. He showed the middle and high classed people the lives of the other people in poverty. One of the photographs consists of 5 men living under the same roof, in the same room (size of an average bedroom). Their wearing apparels looked dirty and not washed for a long period of time. They themselves seemed dirty and disgusting, having dirt on their faces, though, sleeping soundly at the same time. Even when they sleep, they don't have room to comfort themselves, but have to lean on the walls and bend themseleves so that they don't get in touch with any other items. The ceilings and walls of the room were black, with stains and had crevices. The picture portray a crowded condition. There were no room for walking. The room was stuffed with items-shoes, pots, bowls, luggages, bags, and several other objects. The men, slept beside one another, freezing in the cold winters, and sweating in the hot summers. Living in a room like this is similar to living a life in a steerage in some way. If one out of the 5 men gets sick, it can contagious. This is because, they don't clean themselves and can easily spread their germs. In fact, there were no windows, therefore, we can conclude they didn't breathe clean air, but air with dirt and germs. Wonder if we were still living in conditions like the men in the photo! I'm sure no body would want that.
Jacob Rii's photos displayed poverty and poorness of people. I felt sympathetic for them when I saw the pictures and the harsh conditions of the areas. The houses were old, broken, cheap, and unsafe. The walls were very dirty. Low class people hung out at the alley way. Places were crowded with many people. Bedrooms were so small and stuffy since each room has 3-5 people in it. The beds were also small. It costed seven cents to sleep in the beds. It's great that things improved a lot today.
yes, i agree with josh. I don't understand why some people can live so happy and some people lives in the wreck houses and have a terrible lifestyle. I feel sad for them.
Yep, I agree with josh as well. It is really unreasonable having people living a wealthy life, not knowing how others living a life of povery are living. If the wealthy people actually feel sorry for the poor, they may help by donating toilets and other helpful things. This way the poor doesn't need to go to the alley to cook, and they have an easier way to use the bathroom.
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I feel really bad for the poor people cause they lived really bad lives. Almost 5 people lived in 1 room, and the room is the size of a really small room.Its is not only a bedroom it is a kichin too. pEOPLE had to hang clothes on a rope. People that did not want to sleep outside and the peole that had at least 7 cents to go to a place with a small bed. Thank goodness everything is better right now.
I feel really bad for the poor people cause they lived really bad lives. Almost 5 people lived in 1 room, and the room is the size of a really small room.Its is not only a bedroom it is a kichin too. pEOPLE had to hang clothes on a rope. People that did not want to sleep outside and the peole that had at least 7 cents to go to a place with a small bed. Thank goodness everything is better right now.
I think that the pictures that Jacob Riis has a lot of pictures on how many pepole lived in homes. One picture shows a group of people live in a same room and they do everything in the same room. Thye cook and do everything in the same room. There is up to like 5 people one room and be living in it. They all live in an uncomfortable way since it is crowded there.
The pictures we saw in class showed pure poverty. It was heart breaking to see how these actual people lived. Five, even six people in one room, three people in one bed. They had the worse living conditions. Alley ways crowded, roofs looked like the could collapse at any moment. It was truley sad to see how the other half lives
The pictures Jacob Riis took were of poverty and the harsh lifestyle that people had to live with. In the pictures, there were families overcrowding an alley. Clothing was hung everywhere. In another picture, there were men sitting on a bench, and a woman holding a child. Around the mwere poor conditioned houses. Cardboard and wood adorned houses that weren't a proper shelter. The picture I think that stands out the most was the picture of the men in the room. They were sharing a bed and they looked sick.
Jacobb Riis is a man of good values. The pictures that stood out the most was the people at coney island and the men in the small room. it showed how the the two lives compared to each other. i believe that it is so sad that the rich people ca spend time at the beach and not think about the poor people who are living in the worst place imaginable.
i know i would be guilty and i thank god for everything i have and wish i could do more to help them out.
Jacob Riis' was a muchracker that wanted to show the side of poverty that seems to be covered the many who have become famous and rich through the gilded age. Jacob showed the other side of the city, the side of poverty and desperatiobn. Many of Jacob's pictures portrayed crowded conditions and horrible living places. One of the images that struck me of intrest was the seven cent house, this was extremly surprising to me, so many people sleeping in such dirty rooms, the sight was horrible and sanitiation was not to be seen. Another picture showed a very crowed alley way with clothes hanging from banisters. This picture potrayed survivial, these poverty stricken people were forced to hang out in these conditions to pass the time, cook, or even go to the bathroom. This picture was stangant to my mind do to the numerous amount of pictures
.
The pictures we viewed today from the 1900s was horrible. The people were in the street living in cardboard box homes. The roof of the house in that picture looked like it was about to fall down and the house had no windows and was probably made by tapping pieces of cardboard together. It was unsafe, unsanitary, and horrible. I felt really bad for the poor people and immigrants who had to live in these makeshift homes and 7 cent hammocks. Jacob Riis did a good job of portarying the problems of the poor to get changes for the better. These pictures made me and probably everybody who saw them try to help these people with whatever they could afford.
I feel the pictures that Jacob Riis has provided are all pictures displaying the lower class of our country. It displays some of the conditions that people under poverty must live under. In one picture, five people are living in one room the size of an ideal bedroom. This is a hazardous condition because they are forced into a small space. they might even cook in the alley that people have used as a bathroom. This could mean sicknesses, diseases, and germs into their food.
The pictures Jackob Riis took were people that lived in poverty. Can you imagine living in a house where 5 people lived in one room? I don't think I would be able to live like that. People also lived in alleys too. Many other people payed 7 cents to live in a dirty room. These rooms had horrible sanitation. I really felt bad for these very poor people living in such harsh conditions. People need to be grateful if they are living in a house or an apartment because what these poor people went through was absolutely horrible.
I think Khadijah is right. These people did cook in alleys where other poor people did use the bathroom. This can spread many diseasesand many germs as well.
The pictures that Jacob Riis had taken were unreal. The people that were in these pictures had lived in extreme poverty. In one of the pictures, 5 people lived in one room, and it was also the kitchen. Khadijah is right. This was what poverty was actually like.
The photos that Jacob Riis took were really saddening.They showed the poeple who lived in poverty that had to live in small rooms with 5 or more people.Some who didnt have homes lived in alleys or in shelters that cost 7¢ a night to stay in.People lived in slums that were unsanitary and often had diseases. Some buildings were made out of wood and looked like they may collapse any second.Sadly there is still poverty today but not as much.
~~P.S.*phtos is spelled wrong and Kevin wrote "muchrakers" instead of muckrakers.
Jacob Riis' picture on the homes of many poors were very poor. Their houses were the size of our bedroom today. A picture I remember was a man sitting on the bed with about 3 other people on the ground. In this picture we can see it has no kitchen or bathroom. Another picture I remember was that the picture with all the people sleeping in small beds that they had to pay 7 cents for. These beds were to keep that from getting cold in the winter but these beds can also causes them to get dieases. This is because many people slept on it and the people before may contain dieases. Or people who are in the same room as you contain dieases that you may breathe their carbon.
The pictures Jacob Riis took made me really think about what was going on back then. The pictures were about poor people living in poverty and sharing rooms in little houses. The picture that stands out in my head the most is the picture of those people in the hammocks. If they had to sleep there that means they had no homes and probably struggled to get the seven cents needed. And it makes me nervous just how safe those hammocks were. On top they could rip and fall on the poor sleeper underneath. I like 2007
The pictures Jacob Riis took really showed what people lived like before. The two pictures that stood out the most in my mind were the pictures of the people in the seven cent house and the picture of the people living in the crowded room. The conditions people lived in were horrible. There were 5-6 people living in one small,crowded room. Some people used the room they lived in as a bathroom. That's very unsanitary and people living in those kind of conditions have a much greater chance of getting sick. The roofs on the houses were not safe at all. They looked like they were cardboard. Some people would pay seven cents just to sleep inside the seven cent house.
Jacbo Riis affected the hearts of many people, including myself, as he worked as a photographer. His courtesy showed that these beings were treated less than human. Many of them died of disease, bacterium, unsanitary bathroom usages, and poor housing. Some pictures that were showed today was a mother and her child standing in front of a tarnished house, a few men sleeping in one bedroom since many of their belongings always went with them, people who payed $00.07 cents to sleep in cheap bunks when it was cold, and a whole family relying on artificial flowers to make a living. The picture that stood out the most in my mind would be the the image of a single mother and her 5-7 young children counting on every bits of these hand made flowers to keep themselves alive. It touched me because these children are too young to even does these kind of things. They should be getting a decent education , rather staying at home and worry if their business would worsen because in reality, selling fake things aren't worth a lot to others. But they can only support their own family. I also feel bad for the mother because she had no other choice but to have her children help her. Jacob Riis tried to use the snapshot of his lens to prove that life was harsh and it wasn't easy to overcome before the Progressive Era came to be and acts were then created to make life better.
The photos that Jacob Riis took were really saddening.They showed the poeple who lived in poverty that had to live in small rooms with 5 or more people.Some who didnt have homes lived in alleys or in shelters that cost 7¢ a night to stay in.People lived in slums that were unsanitary and often had diseases. Some buildings were made out of wood and looked like they may collapse any second.Sadly there is still poverty today but not as much.
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i agree with Chrisk becasue he talked about how people were like when they were living through poverty in bad homes.
The pictures Jacob Riss took that we saw in class today showed poverty and the common lifestyle of the poor. The photo that stood out in my mind the most was the one that showed the hammocks and people would pay 7 cents to sleep indoors. When Mr. Tutku showed us the picture of people in the farm (I think), no one could believe that there were humans sleeping there. Alleyways, wedged between buildings, were crowded with people. Unsanitary conditions were also seen in the pictures, which only elaborated that living in the 1900s was harsh and many lived in poverty.
The pictures that I saw in class were so disturbing and made me want to throw out and scream. The poverty and the filth that these retched souls were living in was just disastrous and so unsanitary. The roofs and the whole "house" was a sight to be told. Jacob Riis, in my opinion, did an amazing job at capturing the publics' hearts to witness "how the other half lives." His photos from class should pierce each and everyone's heart and should teach both the young and old what a dreadful thing it was.
I 100% agree with tiffy. The people were crowded into tiny rooms, the dirt and the filth of the whole place. Also, tiffy is again right when she says that the 5 men in one room greatly affected her... it affected me the most too. The harsh conditions were just dreadful!
I am shocked at the living standards of the people shown in the photographs taken by Jacob Riis. There was a photo with people standing outside terrible homes. It looked like they were made of cardboard. There were also a few photos of alley ways, where people hung out and laundry was hanging to dry. There was also a picture of dirty lodging. It was a horrible place to sleep, but was cheap (7 cents.) There was also a picture of a family, all of them were working to make artificial flowers. They were trying to make a living. But, the photo that I was most shocked at seeing was the five people that were in one room. The room seemed to combine the kitchen with the bedrooms. There were tons of blankets on the floor as beds. This is very devastating to see people live in such poverty. I am very glad that reforms were mad to make living conditions more sanitary. No wonder, after 1901, people in
America had the highest living standards.
I definitely agree with Ann. The conditions the poor people lived in were harsh and truly unsanitary. Jacob Riis did do an amazing job of capturing the readers hearts. Even Theodore Roosevelt got devastated by the conditions. Jacob Riis was a big part of the Progressive Era.
Mr. Tutku, Please excuse the comments above me. Obviously, I am being framed for a reason I'm not sure of. If you're suspecting, I believe I have a culprit or some suspects on mind.
The pictures from Jacob Riis` book, How the Other Side Lives, shows how horrid the conditions of poverty is. The picture that stood out most to me, is when all the infants were craped upon hammocks with wooden planks around them. When I firs saw the photo, it was hard to look at. I love children and that made me want to throw up. Imagine if everyone was grown up like that, when a bby wanted to move they would probably fall out of the hammock. The hammock was probably itchy and not very clean and another baby who slept there may have had a disease. I think that sickening and I can't believe how people lived through that, and the owners lived with that.
A muchracker, Jacob Riis', showed the way our lives would of been back then..poor! The side of poverty that many people, immigrants and other people had to go through to have a better life for themselves and there family. The families went through depression and not only the parents worked but,the little children of the family had to also. Jacob's pictures show or portrayed the how the population was crowded and very high. Also, people lived in horrible living places that could of been the same size of a bathroom we go in. People were sleeping in dirty rooms, that it seemed as soon as you step into the room you can get sick. Another picture showed a very crowed alley way with clothes hanging from banisters. If these people were not poor they would of seen how the wood can break any second. This picture showed or portrayed survival because the people would cook, hang out, go to the bathroom where other people would sleep. Back then people would of not cared as much as we do because they just wanted to survive but we, living today would be disgusted!
I agree with Kevin because i think the pictures by Jacob Riis' pictures did portray the disgusting, sanitation. Also, the pictures showed poverty, crowned conditions and depression. another good point Kevin said was that this showed the living conditions of people that became rich and famous in the gilded ages. And it is true because the famous and rich people in the gilded ages had to live and suffer in horrible conditions just like other people.
Yes, those pictures that I have seen today, tormented my soul, and very being in a monumental way. I have seen the pain, and poverty, that these people had to endure, in order for them to live. The basic things, that we as humans in a modernized American society, take for granted, as something that was considered a grand luxury for these people. The main thing, that struck me the most, was how the people were in the room. There were almost 5 of them, and it was heartbreaking to witness. It was truly, a sad sight, because something we take for granted now, was something they could only dream off back then.
Such horrible proverty shown in the pictures. Many of Jacob's pictures portrayed crowded conditions and horrible living places.The people were in the street living in cardboard box homes. The roof of the house in that picture looked like it was about to fall down and the house had no windows and was probably made by tapping pieces of cardboard together.These rooms had horrible sanitation. The aful experience of these people it would give them sucidal thoughts.
The pictures we saw in class was the pictures Jacob Riis, a muckraker, used in his book, "How the Other Side Lives." Jacob Riis' pictures portrayed the poverty during 1901. These pictures portrayed the horrible, disgusting, unsanitary living conditions of lower class people. Their buildings would be poorly built looking as if it would collapse right on its residents. This shows lower class buildings were unsafe. Lower class people would also hang around alleys that were filled with garbage. The alleys would become so crowded. Lower class people would only have the choice of drying their clothes by hanging them on ropes connected from their building to the building across of them. Lower class people also had poor living conditions at home. Families would be given tight spaced homes where they would have to use all the space they can. Their rooms also seemed wrecked with no ventilation. They did not even have clean running water or even enough toilets for all residents. Many lower class people would have to share the same toilets and the bathrooms would very unsanitary. Seven cents houses would be built for lower class people so they could pay only sevent cents to sleep on a hammock that was probably not even comfortable enough to sleep on. With many different people sleeping on the same hammocks that were not cleaned, people may have gotten sick or caught diseases from others. Jacob Riis had really touched my heart and showed me the horrifying conditions of poverty. I believe Jacob Riis is an excellent muckraker and definitely influenced the opinions of his readers with his book, "How the Other Side Lives."
Jacob Riis was a muchracker. He showed the middle and high classed people the lives of the other people in poverty. One of the photographs consists of 5 men living under the same roof, in the same room (size of an average bedroom). Their wearing apparels looked dirty and not washed for a long period of time. They themselves seemed dirty and disgusting, having dirt on their faces, though, sleeping soundly at the same time. Even when they sleep, they don't have room to comfort themselves, but have to lean on the walls and bend themseleves so that they don't get in touch with any other items. The ceilings and walls of the room were black, with stains and had crevices. The picture portray a crowded condition. There were no room for walking. The room was stuffed with items-shoes, pots, bowls, luggages, bags, and several other objects. The men, slept beside one another, freezing in the cold winters, and sweating in the hot summers.
Living in a room like this is similar to living a life in a steerage in some way. If one out of the 5 men gets sick, it can contagious. This is because, they don't clean themselves and can easily spread their germs. In fact, there were no windows, therefore, we can conclude they didn't breathe clean air, but air with dirt and germs.
Wonder if we were still living in conditions like the men in the photo! I'm sure no body would want that.
Jacob Rii's photos displayed poverty and poorness of people. I felt sympathetic for them when I saw the pictures and the harsh conditions of the areas. The houses were old, broken, cheap, and unsafe. The walls were very dirty. Low class people hung out at the alley way. Places were crowded with many people. Bedrooms were so small and stuffy since each room has 3-5 people in it. The beds were also small. It costed seven cents to sleep in the beds. It's great that things improved a lot today.
yes, i agree with josh. I don't understand why some people can live so happy and some people lives in the wreck houses and have a terrible lifestyle. I feel sad for them.
Yep, I agree with josh as well. It is really unreasonable having people living a wealthy life, not knowing how others living a life of povery are living. If the wealthy people actually feel sorry for the poor, they may help by donating toilets and other helpful things. This way the poor doesn't need to go to the alley to cook, and they have an easier way to use the bathroom.
I am really happy that Jacob Riis' photos made changes to the poors' lifestyle:)
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