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Summary Of How The Other Half Lives By Jacob Riss

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Jacob Riis emigrated to the United States in 1870. With his primal photographic skills, he worked as a reporter in "New York Sun." Due to harsh living conditions, and tenement life, of New York citizens, Jacob Riss used his camera as a tool to bring changes. In 1890, Riss released his famous book "How the Other Half Lives," which contained photos of New York poverty life. The book had a huge impact on American people, and authorities. The main points Jacob Riss picture in his book, were "The Bend," Italian immigrants, and gangs of New York. "The Bend" as Riss described is, "The foul core of New York's slums," located where, "Mulberry Street crooks like an elbow," which in a nutshell means, one of the worst areas in New York, full of violence, were the murder is commit everyday. Every house is turned into a shop, and every street is a market. Apartment meant for five families are fill with tens. Children live on the street, and from the year of five are …show more content…

Italians in New York were generally viewed as good tenants, because they would put up with corrupt landlord practices without complaint. This quality causes the Italian to be taken advantage of. They were "gullible," and were swindled out of money. They were poor in language, even their native. Italians took any job to earn money, they worked in the ash-barrels, or for example operated the beer dives. Even through Italian immigrants were generally a law-abiding citizens, they were likely for gambling occasionally which attracted police attention. Overall, the Italians were looked upon as respectful tenants, and good citizens. Jacob Riis write about Italians as people with good hearts and intensions, he sees them as a sample immigrants who would be great part of society. With that, Riss not only see his work not only, as a support for the bend, but also as assistance for the whole

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