October 20

Second entry will be done in class on Tuesday. Continue to bring in research. For HW tonight, make sure revision for 1st entry is complete.


Journal Entry #2Where is the place that the person is from (or lives, has a strong influence in, or is near)? Describe it. What is going on? Who lives there? What is atmosphere like? Use descriptive words and be very detailed. You may not mention much about your person/topic. Focus on the PLACE, the WHERE. If necessary use an image to aid you.Sample:Personal Journal of Betty Janson (maid of J.P. Morgan)September 10, 1892 I hurried through the crowded streets of the Lower East Side. Vendors and street stalls clog the paths. People are swarming everywhere and rush to the front of the vendors in order to purchase the wares and food items that are on sale. These humble merchants have everything from shoes to celery, from kosher pickles to underwear. In fact, you find anything in this immigrant section of Manhattan.I find the stand that I need and quickly purchase my linens and sheets. Even though I live within the servant quarters of Mr. Morgan’s home on the Upper East Side, I’ve always preferred to shop here where the buildings are barely three stories high and everything is cheap at best. Most importantly, the social atmosphere is undeniably unique. I hear people bargaining in languages I’ve never heard before. Most are from the eastern part of Europe. In fact, I even hear spoken phrases in Italian (which I picked up from our housekeeper, Mrs. Coppola). It is here, in the southern tip of Manhattan, where you will find all the struggling working class people. They either live in tiny, cramped tenements or they labor in the many textile factories that line the streets alongside Broadway. It might be a coincedence that many of these hardworking individuals crammed against me while buying sheets may also toil away in the steel industry, which Mr. Morgan has a large stake in.Yes, this city has truly changed in the twenty years that I’ve been alive. Never have I seen such an increase in population and jobs! On top of that, this part of the Lower East Side is so drastically different from the tall, gleaming, majestic skyscrapers that are present throughout the rest of Manhattan. Mr. Morgan works there. Right now, J. P. Morgan & Company are probably signing forms to rescue (more like take over) another failing company. Rumor has it that next in line is the U.S. government. I heave a heavy sigh, this world that I’m in now is really a world away from Mr. Morgan’s.