Audience This may have been meant as a way to This was to tug at the heart strings of the middle --Who have been expected preserve what their home was like, it could also and upper classes so they would actively help the to see or read this source? have been meant for publication in a magazine, poor. It is meant to be viewed by someone who or less likely, for an investigative story. would not know about these conditions. It is like a visual Jungle, attempting to change people’s minds and get them to act. Message It displays the life of those in the Midwest as It shows that many workers were struggling to --What does this document tell proper and decent where things are clean and survive. us? everything is in its place. The main idea might Riis is an activist who is not satisfied with the present --What is the document’s main be that this was a civilized family. and he wants conditions to improve. idea or thesis? M Perspective What is staged about this is that it looks too The perspective is that the social and economic --What perspective or point of perfect. It is obviously not an everyday scene changes that are happening are creating a new level of view does the document because it does not look lived in, it is staged for misery for the working class. His whole series of P present? posterity photographs are meant to influence the viewers. They --What artificial/staged elements are not necessarily artificial but he is being very give you clues about the particular about the kinds of things he depicts. author’s point of view?
Audience --Who have been expected to see or read this source? This may have been meant as a way to preserve what their home was like, it could also have been meant for publication in a magazine, or less likely, for an investigative story. This was to tug at the heart strings of the middle and upper classes so they would actively help the poor. It is meant to be viewed by someone who would not know about these conditions. It is like a visual Jungle, attempting to change people’s minds and get them to act. M Message --What does this document tell us? --What is the document’s main idea or thesis? It displays the life of those in the Midwest as proper and decent where things are clean and everything is in its place. The main idea might be that this was a civilized family. It shows that many workers were struggling to survive. Riis is an activist who is not satisfied with the present and he wants conditions to improve. P Perspective --What perspective or point of view does the document present? --What artificial/staged elements give you clues about the author’s point of view? What is staged about this is that it looks too perfect. It is obviously not an everyday scene because it does not look lived in, it is staged for posterity The perspective is that the social and economic changes that are happening are creating a new level of misery for the working class. His whole series of photographs are meant to influence the viewers. They are not necessarily artificial but he is being very particular about the kinds of things he depicts.
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