Use the passage from jacob riis's how the other
half lives to answer the question.
"caught in the street by the truant officer, or by
the agents of the children's societies, peddling,
perhaps, or begging, to out the family
resources, he runs the risk of being sent to a
reformatory, where contact with vicious boys older
than himself soon develop the latent possibilities
for evil that lie hidden in the risk of the
reformatory is too great. what is done in the end
is to let him take chances with the chances all
against him. the result is the rough young
savage, familiar from the street." - jacob riis
in a paragraph of 3-5 sentences, analyze what
riis is saying about the lives of young boys in
new york city's slums