“How the Other Half Lived” was written by Jacob Riis. This book shows people how the immigrants who came to America hoping for a better life and pretty much got stuck where they were before they came. Riis took photos of the what he saw going on in the slums or a;so known as the tenements. In document 1, it showed a picture of a group of people sleeping on tables, the floor and some had to sit up to sleep to make room. It showed how overcrowded it was for people to sleep and live. Jacob Riis shown photography is an every powerful emotion. Jacobs goal is to get the women who have children and make them see what happens to children that live in the slums. There is one photo that Riis took of a dead horse in the street and there was these child
