one sixth of the city’s population (Urban Castles). Showing how in a relatively small piece of land‚ many people lived there. Most of the people who lived there lived in tenements. There were 22‚000 slum tenements that held 500‚000 people in 1881. However 14 years later in 1895 there were 40‚000 slum tenements holding 1.3 million people
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How the Other Half Lives is a book that is written and published by Jacob Riis in 1890. Chapter two of the book‚ The Awakening‚ is one of the primary documents included in the reader. In this book‚ Jacob Riis describes in full details of the horrendous and disgusting living conditions that many immigrants had to live in. Jacob Riis is a photojournalist that “muckrakes”‚ or basically to expose something harsh that an individual or a group of people has to go through. Specifically‚ the author shows
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organized crime milieu of Goodfellas‚ Scorsese ventures back to the 19th century to show us the origin of the modern street gang. It’s the early 1860s and the notorious Five Points slum is ruled by the savage `Bill the Butcher’. The viciously nationalistic Bill terrorizes all the immigrant masses jammed into his slum but seems to harbor a particular hatred for the Irish population. Into this seething cauldron wanders mysterious young Amsterdam Vallon who soon works his way into the trust and affection
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The problem I selected is the living conditions in America during the industrial revolution. This was a problem in American that began when Americans began to create these companies a long time ago. Things started to get bad as people like John Rockefeller; and other big business owners that began to take over every type of business‚ from oil‚ to railroad‚ and to clothes. These businesses began to rise over competition and become huge corporations. One thing these businesses needed was more workers
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Alexander Alland‚ a professional urban photographer‚ finding‚ in a book by Riis‚ photographs taken by Riis that capture the image of slums in New York City. This was similar to the field of photography that interested Alland. Then‚ Alland asks Riis’s oldest son to go through Riis’s
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among ‘em all my life. You can’t believe a word they say. I mean‚ they’re born liars.” When he says this he means/believes that people are born in slums are born to live lives of crime and disseat‚ even thou juror 5 was born and lived in a slum all his life he is a perfectly respectably man. This proves that juror 10 was wrong and people born in slums aren’t born to lie and commit crime. There for prejudice did obscure the truth for juror 10. Juror 3 is the last to change his note because of his
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In the campaign speech for Charles Foster; the speaker presents strong‚ sound‚ effective arguments and counterarguments‚ with the use of rhetoric devices and fallacy‚ to help get his point across more effectively. The speaker stated his arguments clearly and backed them up with strong‚ sound evidence. In the speakers counterarguments’‚ the speaker addressed‚ what he believed the audience might say or question‚ in a productive manner. The speaker was biased through out his speech. Examples of
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group has a different problem to solve and different personalities to work with which is why each group can use assets and liabilities positively and negatively. Throughout the film‚ Juror Ten is violently prejudiced against anyone who comes from a slum. "You can’t believe a word they say‚" he declares - take note
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In spite of growing up in the slums‚ Yachiru is much like a normal child. She is energetic‚ cheerful and friendly. More often than not‚ Yachiru is willing to talk to anyone especially if they seem fun or peak her interest. She also enjoys playing pranks on people‚ but these tend to be generally harmless. For the most part. Though‚ she is the Vice Captain of the 11th division‚ she still enjoys playing with toys‚ eating sweets‚ and having fun. Though‚ her definition of fun is different than most. She
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kids! You work your heart out [but it’s no use] (21).”According to this quote from the text‚ this juror condemns all teenagers and feels resentment towards them. He especially feels strongly about the boy being tried‚ because the boy grew up in the slums‚ and this juror is also biased against these people who grew up there. It is because of these feelings that he is strongly cemented in his vote of guilty. Juror #10‚ a garage owner‚ segregates
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