JACOB A. RIIS, HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES

Essays should be 900 to 1100 words long (not including works cited), double-spaced with normal margins, in a 12 font, and your name and a title at the top. Indicate paragraph separation by indenting the first line rather than adding additional space. The essay should be in formal English, using proper spelling, grammar and punctuation. Late papers may be downgraded 10% for every day late. Again, 900 words is the absolute minimum requirement. Failure to follow through on these guidelines will result in a less than desirable grade. Save the essay with your last name and Primary Source Essay 1 as the title.

The Introduction and Chapters I, V, VI, IX, X, and XI from

JACOB A. RIIS, HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES at
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=zhcv_oA5dwgC&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PP1
Using the source above as well as readings from your textbook, compose an essay in which you consider the following questions:
Why did the rise of the industrial metropolis in the late nineteenth century lead to increased social segregation in cities across the United States?
Who was Jacob Riis? How did Riis depict life in the tenements? Was it completely negative or did he indicate any positive characteristics of that life?
Compare the image on page 75 or Riis’ book with the one at the top of this page taken by Lewis Hine. Both men were considered to be progressive photographers, but can a difference be discerned behind their respective intent?
How did Riis display the ethnic and racial prejudices of the day?
What is the significance of his use of the word “Other” in the title?