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Book Report for How the Other Half Lives

            How the Other Half Lives Book Report.
             I think that the introduction did a very good job of preparing the reader for the stories about the tenements in New York. It gave the readers an idea of what the stories were about without giving too much information. It gave the reader a small view into the whole story. .
             The introduction also did a good job of introducing us to the author. This book was influenced strongly by the writer's perspectives and opinions. It was important to understand his history and were he came to get his values. His hardships as an immigrant gave him a personal view on these types of hardships and may have given him a more honest opinion on these conditions. He had experiences being a poor immigrant and being a part of the middle class. This gave him the ability to relate these stories to his audience. .
             The introduction told us of the importance of the advances in photography. Without the advances this book would not have been as powerful. The images presented give us visual representation and proof of tenement life. It gives faces to the victims of these oppressive conditions. The writings of this book were based on and influenced by the photography done in the tenements by Riis. This book would not exist without flashlight powder and the detective camera. Photography of the time is the greatest influence on the book and the introduction makes the reader realize this. .
             The introduction also told us why many of these conditions may have existed. He also points out the conflicting views of the cause of such poverty, the social Darwinists and the social conditions theory. He also explains how there is a growing middle-class and that this is the group that can change poverty in America. These pieces of information give us an idea of what is going on outside the tenements that may influence their conditions. .
             In the book I learned many things about tenement living near the end of the 19th century.


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