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The topic for my report is immigration and I chose to focus on Jacob Riis's work How the Other Half Lives  to gain some more knowledge on this subject matter. This was the topic that I chose because since reading the book Enrique's Journey I believe that I have grown into an interest about the stories of immigrants' lives. Also I wondered what kind if any at all connections and similarites there might between todays immigrants and those seeking a better life in the U.S. from the past. I started my research with Riis's book itself which I found easily on the course mindmap. I learned that this book of his depicts what the living conditions were like in NY city for many immigrants and it didn't take me long to see that Riis was focusing on how poor life was in the tenements.Also he further explained how the owners of these tenements were driven by their own unsympathetic greed to completely disregard the immigrants' health and safety. Finally I found an article about Riis while using the library search engine. In this document I located some key info on Jacob Riis's personal life. For example, Riis was an immigrant from Denmark who struggled to get off his feet in the U.S. while facing many similar obstacles that nearly all immigrants encounter. However through hard work and perseverance he rose to fame and I believe he used his success to help all immigrants by covering their stories through his writing and photography for the whole world to see.

- Westin Fisher