Genesis Of The Tenements Analysis

Impoverishment , being in the position of losing everything and deprived of your strengths was the life of European immigrants coming to New York city tenements . In new york’s tenements the conditions were beyond of what could be seen by a humans eye. There were diseases flourishing around, over capacity in wards, No source of ventilation nor cleanliness. These living conditions were inescapable in which possibly made the immigrants want to work hard to escape. In Jacob Riis's “Genesis Of The Tenement” he exposes many of the harsh conditions that the immigrants endured through the use of Child mortality rates, Photos of tenements/jobs, and an excerpt speaking on the conditions.

As Plutarch a greek historian once said “An imbalance between the rich and the poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics” which is exactly what the state of New York had become. There were such a huge influx of european immigrants who had come to New York city for better opportunities that it created an imbalance of the wealthy and the poor.Its obvious how the wealthy felt towards the influx which is why they treated the immigrants so poorly . The Genesis Of Tenements depicts life in these tenements through such words that allows one to sympathize for the immigrants . As stated in the text “Their “large” rooms were partitioned into several smaller ones …show more content…
Riis’s wanted to shock the reader so he utilizes vivid descriptions and photographs depicting the dangers and conditions of these tenements in which immigrants had to live in. The video stated that there was no privacy and that often one had to walk through a bedroom to get access another bedroom. The video also mentioned that twenty to twenty-five families lived in one building causing the conflict of mixed families and poor living