Jacob Riis’s: Poverty in NYC
Jacob Riis was a journalist from the 1800's who aspired to show the upper class the living conditions and lifestyle of the working class. He used photography and technology, modern at the time, to paint a picture of the suffering caused by low wages and high prices, and nailed that metaphorical picture on the metaphorical door of every non metaphorical, wealthy, eccentric high class millionaire in all of New York City. His revolutionary work, and his book, How the Other Half Lives, displayed the widespread oppression of the lower class. Ideas and concepts from Jacob Riis’s “How the Other Half Lives: were not only relevant in 1890, but also have precedence today. First, Riis outlines the past to highlight the present
Jacob Riis was a journalist from the 1800's who aspired to show the upper class the living conditions and lifestyle of the working class. He used photography and technology, modern at the time, to paint a picture of the suffering caused by low wages and high prices, and nailed that metaphorical picture on the metaphorical door of every non metaphorical, wealthy, eccentric high class millionaire in all of New York City. His revolutionary work, and his book, How the Other Half Lives, displayed the widespread oppression of the lower class. Ideas and concepts from Jacob Riis’s “How the Other Half Lives: were not only relevant in 1890, but also have precedence today. First, Riis outlines the past to highlight the present