In the book How the Other Half Lives‚ is the most touching and sympathetic book that anyone will ever read. Written by Jacob Riis‚ who was a poor immigrant himself‚ based this book on the poor living conditions he lived. Being an immigrant‚ it was hard for Jacob to find work. He had no money; therefore‚ he lived in police station lodging houses and shelters of all sorts. As soon as he found a successful job being a police reporter‚ he began writing and lecturing to inform people what a disgrace many
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Telling others to live up to their dreams. Is it really that easy? What if your life was drastically turned around because of those hopes? Fighting with your every breath. My biggest fear was trying to untangle the twisted knots deep within me‚ and let the air resurface through my lungs. Everyone told me that I was abnormal and inhumane because I was lonely and that my only friend was the darkness that surrounded me. I was lost in this world; I had no place to call home as I was abandoned the
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Jacob Riis’ book How the Other Half Lives is a detailed description on the poor and the destitute in the inner realms of New York City. Riis tries to portray the living conditions through the eyes’ of his camera. He sneaks up on the people flashes a picture and then tells the rest of the city how the other half’ is living. As shocking as the truth was without seeing such poverty and horrible conditions with their own eyes or taking in the experience with all their senses it still seemed like
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Traveling is more important than reading books to understand people and the world. A book about another country tells you about things such as the country’s history‚ its people and its culture in a very general way. When meeting foreigners‚ I found that books can’t be trusted totally. For example‚ when I was visiting Wisconsin University‚ many people were rigid‚ uneducated‚ had no sense of humor‚ and they all wore blue suits. Even the picture in some people’s minds was that Chinese still wore pigtails
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Criminals Need Help More Than Punishment It is always a disputable topic that criminals need help more than punishment. What is my original idea about this? My answer is: I agree that criminals should be offered help rather than be rejected for the rest of their lives. However‚ the premise of my argument is that criminals have been punished for what they had done. I have to make it clear‚ otherwise some people might criticize me for having the idea that criminals should be helped but not punished
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JIM HENSON Jim Henson was born on September 24‚ 1936‚ in Greenville‚ Mississippi. He moved to Maryland in fifth grade and throughout his childhood had a strong interest in both art and television. His grandmother was very supportive of his interests and constantly encouraged him to use his imagination. In 1954 Jim started in television performing puppets on a local channel ’s Saturday morning program. The next year‚ while studying at the University of Maryland‚ he was given a five-minute show called
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Faulkner: More Than a Strong Author “Absalom‚ Absalom!” was my first experience reading William Faulkner and is surely will not be my last. I know that I will be forever mesmerized and indebted to Faulkner for the way that his writing has intrigued and informed me. The only time I have ever been so confounded by the way an artist could imagine‚ conceptualize and execute such and articulate and stimulating piece of work was when I first got a chance to delve into the sonnets of William Shakespeare
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experience. In the book How the Other Half Lives‚ there are many parts and quotes that can be used to support Horace’s statement. For example‚ Jacob Riis wrote‚ “He goes to describe the plight of the city’s poor children‚ many of them homeless‚ having been cast out by families no longer able to support them. He writes of the disastrous effects of alcohol‚ alludes circumspectly to the opportunity and danger that prostitution presents to poor girls‚ deplores mendicants and other dependent on charity” (Riis
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changes are not only for the better‚ but some of them are for the worse. I believe that these benefits‚ however‚ outweigh the Internet’s negative impacts. Traditionally‚ to get information a trip to the library would be made‚ which could take a long time. The Internet gives us access to an infinitely large array of information and data. This means that the same information can be obtained much faster and also more in-depth. The time saved can be used to be more productive. The information in the Internet
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Why Are Males More Aggressive Than Females? All societies behave in a different way towards two sexes and distinguish two genders. Through innumerable indications‚ we are taught that men and women are different. In everyday life‚ it is commonly assumed that men are more aggressive than women. Statistics indicate that males are more likely than females to commit such crimes as murder‚ armed robbery‚ and aggravated assault which are the result of feeling aggressive. In addition men describe themselves
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