In how the other half lives, jacob riis wrote: "with half a chance it might have lived; but it had none. that dark bedroom killed it." what does this mean? apex

He talks about a child who dies of measles. Had it lived in better conditions, it might have survived. However, in dark and damp slums, it was stripped of the chance to survive. Actually, this statement can be understood as an epitome of the entire condition of the New York City slums where immigrants used to live at the turn of the 20th century. They escaped their homelands in search for a better life and chance to prosper. However, what they got was not a new chance. It was a prospect to live without dignity, in absolute poverty.

The answer is actually b. explanation: lines that signify human-like characteristics: “a half a dozen kissed the eves”raindrops don’t usually ‘kiss’ anything, as it is a human action. lines that signify playfulness: “and made the gables laugh” a gable is the part of a wall that encloses a pitched roof, so it is certainly not living and cannot really laugh. this is a human characteristic and signifies playfulness.