"Another
Day In
“When nothing seems to help, I go look
at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock
perhaps a hundred
times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first
blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow
that did it, but all that had gone before.”
~ Jacob Riis
"Nothing could be worse than the
fear that one had given up too soon,
and left one
unexpended effort that might have saved the world.."
~ Jane
Addams
1. Explain the meaning of both
quotes? Do the quotes express similar or different ideas? Explain.
2. Jane Addams founded one of
the most famous settlement houses in
3. Explain how technology had both
a positive and negative effect on working conditions and the quality of life in
the cities at the turn of the century. Be sure to discuss specific examples in
your answer.
4. Identify and describe three
efforts made to improve living conditions in the cities.
5. What is the meaning of Phil
Collin’s song “Another Day in
... These mothers, instead of being able to
work for their honest livelihood, are forced to employ all their time in
strolling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants: who as they grow up
either turn thieves for want of work, or leave their dear native
country…I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I
hope will not be liable to the least objection. I have been assured by a very
knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well
nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food,
whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will
equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout…
I think the
advantages by the proposal which I have made are obvious and many, as well as
of the highest importance…the want of venison might be well supplied by
the bodies of young lads and maidens, not exceeding fourteen years of age nor
under twelve;...The poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own,
which by law may be made liable to distress and help to pay their landlord's
rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing
unknown…The constant breeders, beside the gain of eight shillings
sterling per annum by the sale of their children, will be rid of the charge of
maintaining them after the first year…Men would become as fond of their
wives during the time of their pregnancy as they are now of their mares in
foal, their cows in calf, their sows when they are ready to farrow;
nor offer to beat or kick them (as is too frequent a practice) for fear of a
miscarriage.
Many other
advantages might be enumerated. For instance, the addition of some thousand
carcasses in our exportation of barreled beef, the propagation of swine's
flesh, and improvement in the art of making good bacon, so much wanted among us
by the great destruction of pigs, too frequent at our tables; which are no way
comparable in taste or magnificence to a well-grown, fat, yearling child, which
roasted whole will make a considerable figure at a lord mayor's feast or any
other public entertainment.
1.
Who is the author
of the above literary excerpt and when was it written?
2.
What is the
societal problem that the author identifies and discusses in the above essay?
3.
How does the
author propose to solve this problem?
4.
According to the
author, what are three advantages of the solution he proposes?
5.
Satire involves
the use of irony and sarcasm to expose and reveal a societal ill or problem. Is
the excerpt above an example of satire? Why or why not?
6.
Read the lyrics
to the song Another Day In Paradise and explain
how Phil Collin’s incorporated sarcasm and satire into the song lyrics.
"Another Day In
By Phil Collins © 1989
She calls out to the man on the street
"Sir can you help me?"
It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep,
is there somewhere you can tell me?
He walks on, doesn't look back
He pretends he can't hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there
Oh, think twice, 'cause it's just another day for you
and me in paradise
Oh, think twice, 'cause it's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise
She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she's been crying
She's got blisters on the soles of her feet
She can't walk but she's trying
Oh, think twice, 'cause it's just another day for you
and me in paradise
Oh, think twice, 'cause It's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise
Oh lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh lord, there must be something you can say
You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that she's been there
Probably been moved on from every place
'Cause she didn't fit in there
Oh, think twice, 'cause it's just another day for you
and me in paradise
Oh, think twice, 'cause It's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise
Just think about it
It's just another day for you and me in Paradise
It's just another day for you and me in Paradise
It's just another day for you and me in Paradise
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