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Solved by verified expert:there are summary of the 4 books below, read it and answer only the first 3 question as an essay and complete the table that I attach only for Triangle: The Fire That Changed America, David von Drehle book and To Sleep with the Angels book ( do not full the table for other two books only use all of them to do only the first 3 question that I attach it. You should use space-and-a half, 12 point font, 1 inch margins all around. 1)Summarize, in a total of no more than one page, the (key) events described in the four books. Summarize a comparison of the events by completing the following table. This table should be included in the report. Highlight important similarities and differences in text that accompanies and references this table. ( only one page ) 2) Compare and contrast the ways in which structures failed as a result of the disasters.These disasters occur over a long period in the 1900’s. Do you think that there is evidence from one to the next that the built environment is improving, or that people otherwise learned lessons from the earlier fires to make the built environment better support people surviving the disaster? You are encouraged to think broadly about this question, including issues such as escape routes, beyond simply the details ofconstruction. ( only 2 page for this question) 3) Compare and contrast the impact of other factors on the affected locations (such asbad luck, location, current events, political systems, etc. – things other than the way the places were built). ( only 1 to 2 pages for this question) so the total page will be 4-5 pages plus the table ( keep the table in a single page ) note: the attach instruction below contain more than 3 question do only first 3
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Name ahmad alothman
Course con e
Date 10/12/2017
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America, David von Drehle,
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Triangle: The fire that changed America
David Von Drehle wrote the book, TRIANGLE the fire that changed America; it was set
in the New York City in the Greenwich College. The story provided the detailed life of the
immigrant in the early 1900s, the strike of the workers, the corrupt political structure of the time,
several eyewitness for the tragedy that led to loss of 146 people, lack of safety measures that
could have saved the people, the consequence trial that tried to bring those responsible for
disaster to justice as well as the political changes and standards of workers that were
implemented as a result of incidence. The books start by describing the participants in the
garments. The arrival of immigrant to America was not the way they expected. They thought of
America as a “Golden Land”.
Drehle described the steward class journey and various route that could have been taken.
The unsanitary condition and believe that women should share rooms with men together with the
humiliation of having the ship crew. When the immigrants arrived at the shores, Drehle gives an
account on possible challenges they experienced as they passed via Ellis Island. He referred to
them as ‘Greenhorns’. Following their successful Journey, they wanted to find employment at
the pig market. As a result of an increase in cheap labor, the companies became less concern
with the welfare of the workers since they could easily replace them. Most of the immigrants
resided in tenement houses on the lower east side. The houses were usually overcrowded and
were poorly ventilated which exposed them to various diseases.
Von Drehle was much interested in reporting the fire. He takes his reader’s through the
tragedy that broke out on March 25, 1911, at Triangle Waist Company, one of the biggest blouse
factory in New York City. The fire left 146 people dead of which 123 of them were women. The
employers of the company were afraid of theft more than fire and ensured that exit doors
remained closed. Drehle illustrate that ‘’they were rich men, and when they glanced into the
faces of their workers, they saw, with rare exceptions, anonymous cogs in a profit machine.”
(Drehle) Women gossiped as they get checked on their way out and stood in line at the narrow
exists. The owners of the company Isaac Harris and Max Blanck ensured that the bags of the
employees are examined before they are allowed to leave the elevator or the stairs
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The fire started on the eighth floor, and it is believed that cigarette caused the fire.
Within few minutes, the fire spread so fast in floors. The flames of fire spread quickly which
made people suffocate from smoke. There were only one exit that could not support all the
crowd trapped in the building. On the other side, those who tried rickety died when it collapsed.
People piled up on the eight floor when the manager unlocked the door since no one had access
to the ninth floor. Everyone was desperate to save his or her life as the fire inferno spread the
entire. However, it was too late for some individuals as they got tapped in the fire.
Majority of women who died were new young immigrants who had come to look for job
opportunity in America. Some were from Italy while others Eastern Europe. ‘’women were
underpaid and overworked, but also independent, resolute and free thinking.’’(drehle, p. 66)
They used to work for long hours under poor working conditions. The owners used to pay
employees low wages; this shows that they cared less about their workers and paid no attention
to their complaints. They were more concerned with ensuring the product are produced properly
with better utilization of the available resources. They made sure that there was no wastage of
resources in the factory. For instance,” “Blanck and Harris could be found striding through the
Triangle factory, watching to see that the cutters were conserving cloth, that the machine
operators had steady supply of pieces to work on, that the stitches were even, and the buttons
were snug, that the finished blouses were consistently sized” (Drehle, p. 37). The owners of the
company were both immigrants who were born in Russia but migrated to the United States
where they became the successful businessmen. People thought that they would care for their
fellow immigrants, but this was not the case.
Sweatshops were common jobs that were available for new immigrants in the New York
City. Women used to work there to get adequate funds to support their families. For instance,
sweatshop in the 1800’s were “generally dim and claustrophobic tenement rooms where
independent contractors “sweated greenhorns- that is, the newest immigrants- by working them
more and more hours for less and less pay” (Drehle, p. 38). Workers were not treated as normal
human beings but were rather as slaves who worked on the needles, sewing machines and irons.
The average working hours were about eighty-four hours every week during the low peak. The
workers were concentrated in small rooms where there were hot irons, sick people and no fresh
air and were expected to finish their task within 12 hours in the day. Nonetheless, there were not
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guaranteed of payment after work as the employers used to deduct their pay for the minor
mistake. Mostly, the money paid to the employees could only pay the rent and other small
services.
Workers used to strike with an attempt to stop the poor working conditions, but their
complaints were not addressed until the incidence that happened at Triangle Shirt Waist
Company Factory fire. Following the impact, the government realized the conditions that
employees were exposed to by companies. After the trial, the law was implemented that ensured
that workers were protected from poor working conditions. Drehle writes vividly regarding the
incidence, even though industrial accident were common in the city, the tragedy of fire in
Triangle horrified majority of people in the United States and thousands of people participated in
burial ceremony for the dead. The powerful democratic movements that ruled the New York
City at the moment gave their best to the factory investing commission. The activists Robert
Wagner and Al Smith pushed hard for the implementation of work safety legislation. The laws
helped to improve the conditions of other employees in the New York State
Drehle blames the political and social background conditions in the American society that
made the tragedy inevitable. He described the situations how the tragedy emerged and successful
push for the reforms (Von Drehle 55). He described the heap of bodies that were dispersed
everywhere, the row of caskets where people identified the bodies of their relatives by jewellery
or other items and ways in which the owner of the company was held responsible for the deaths
that occurred. Von Drehke contribution towards equal social justice and humanity for victims
played an essential role in the American labor history of life.
Another important individual in the text is the lawyer who represented the owners during
the entire trial Max Steuer; he is not well-known attorney general like his counterpart Clarence
Darrow because of one reason, Unlike Darrow, Steuer represented the only client who was able
to pay a substantial amount of money. In the incidence of Triangle fire, it believed that he
demanded $10000 per man in order to represent them fully in the trial. However, due to their
unique strategies and calculations, they were not found guilty of the act. Similar to the Simpson
case, the society was outraged. Even though both defendants were not found guilty, they had to
be protected due to angry crowd that wanted to have them jailed. While the verdict of the court
was against the will of the people, the 146 victims did not die in vain. The tragedy led to the
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development of fire prevention legislation, the worker’s compensation acts, international workers
union and family inspection laws in the United States and other parts of the world.
Nonetheless, the reaction to Triangle fire tragedy become the talk in the town which led
to development of various reforms to protect workers from ruthless employees. Additionally,
Drehle illustrated the principal players in the city including Charles Whiteman and Tammany
Hall boss who passed the employee’s protection rights in 1912. Besides, the author was able to
put together the lives and aspirations of affected victims.
Based on Drehle’s view, the tragic fire played an important role in the American history.
The labor movement and factory fire led to the transformation of political machinery in New
York. To create insight to the readers, the author presents the history with an investigative report.
For instance, the book describes the New Yorkers referred to as Misery Lane where people
crowded in the morgue trying to look for the remains of their loved ones. The aspect of
immediacy in the opening paragraphs is maintained throughout the text to address all the
complaints.
Furthermore, the book shows Drehle’s narrative style. “The spirit of the Age” that starts
with the unique statements where Charles Rose had been hired by the Tammany Hall to silence
and punish woman who was behind the international workers Union. The victim was known as
Clara Lemlich. Furthermore, Drehle continues illustrating the life of Lemlich since she was the
main instrumental in pro-labour activities and represents the many women who campaigned for
the right of women, use of government to solve social problems and the rise of the unions. The
Lemlich family consisted of many sisters who were employed in the industry that mistreated
them and a lot of injustices. Lemlich was among the top who fought the justice before the
Triangle factory fire. According to Drehle, “American history needs to recognize how this force
of women changed America” (Drehle, p 67)
Nonetheless, during the 1900s, death was considered as usual workplace problems. Every
occupation had its own negative consequence. Many organizations did not care about the health
of the workers. “Mines collapsed on them, ships sank under them, pots of molten steel spilt over
their heads, locomotives smashed into them, and exposed machinery grabbed them by the arm or
leg or hair and pulled them in.” (Drehle 3). Just few months before the tragedy of fire occurred,
xa total number of 25 people had been killed. There was increased insecurity in most of the
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organizations. This signified that no one bothered with conditions of the workers and most of
them were left suffer from poor working conditions.
Drehle examines individuals who were affected. For instance, the owners, workers,
lawyers and political leaders. Astonishingly, all came from immigrant and immigrant descendant
society in the New York City particularly the European and the Jewish population from Italy.
The number of deaths could have been reduced if there were planned fire drills in the building
and accessible fire escape routes. Drehle points out that most of the escape route had been locked
for fear of theft.
The employees had to be checked before they leave the organization Furthermore if the
owners of the building had made it mandatory that the workers should get familiar with every
part of the organization, the tragedy could have been minimized. The primary cause of death was
due to poor fire planning and ignorance from those concerned. This made some people to believe
that the cause of the fire was politically motivated. Von Drexler’s description of Tammany
change demonstrates the most mistreated times in the history of America. Even though the fire
was the defining moment for Tammany Hall, there were need for reforms in the United States.
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Works Cited
Von Drehle, David. Triangle: The fire that changed America. Grove Press, 2004.
CON E 101 Construction and Culture
Fall 2017
GROUP BOOK REPORT ASSIGNMENT
Part 2
You are assigned to a group in which one person has read each of at least three of the four
books from the individual report. With your group, develop answers to the following questions
and provide in a short report. Your report should read as a SINGLE report, NOT as a
combination of reports from different people. You will have to work together to develop a
consistent format and voice for the final submission.
1. Summarize, in a total of no more than one page, the (key) events described in the four
books. Summarize a comparison of the events by completing the following table. This
table should be included in the report. Highlight important similarities and differences
in text that accompanies and references this table.
Location of
Structure (s)
Time Period of
Construction,
Fire
Impacts of the Fire
Most important
factors that led to the
fire and the loss of life
2. Compare and contrast the ways in which structures failed as a result of the disasters.
These disasters occur over a long period in the 1900’s. Do you think that there is
evidence from one to the next that the built environment is improving, or that people
otherwise learned lessons from the earlier fires to make the built environment better
support people surviving the disaster? You are encouraged to think broadly about this
question, including issues such as escape routes, beyond simply the details of
construction.
3. Compare and contrast the impact of other factors on the affected locations (such as
bad luck, location, current events, political systems, etc. – things other than the way the
places were built).
4. Compare and contrast the ways in which the built environment influenced survival in
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ways? You can work from your answers to these
questions in your individual reports (be specific, and argue from evidence)
5. In what SPECIFIC ways do you think things would be different if the same disaster
struck today? In other words, do you think we have learned anything?
CON E 101 Construction and Culture
Fall 2017
NOTES ON GROUP FUNCTION:
Your group will have the following deliverables:
1. SUMMARY of your plan for completing the work and an OUTLINE for the report. DUE
IN CLASS 11/08. Your plan should list specific assignments for individual members of the
group. For each section, you should have one or two people responsible for drafting the
section, and one or two responsible for reviewing. Each person MUST have sole responsibility
for reviewing or drafting at least one section, and no person may participate in both parts for a
single section. Your OUTLINE should provide a detailed breakdown of the sections, with
specific points to be made and supporting arguments and facts. It should be developed and
reviewed by the same parties outlined above.
2. REPORT DRAFT DUE IN CLASS 11/20. This should be a draft version of the report. It
may not be complete by this time, but holes requiring more work should be identified, and the
logic of your report should be clear.
3. THE FINAL REPORT will be due AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS on MONDAY
12/04. I expect a professional report in the range of 7 to 10 pages (not counting any front or
back matter). Number your pages. ONLY the content pages should be numbered, starting with
the page 1. You should use space-and-a half, 12 point font, 1 inch margins all around. If I
suspect that your report does not represent all members, I may ask you to turn in markups from
each person in a group with edits of the next-to-last version. Therefore, you should keep those
until grades are returned.
4. A SURVEY of your group will be conducted at the end of the process. The survey will take
place in class and will be mandatory (date to be announced). Grades will be assigned based on
a combination of the group performance and the balance of the group’s assessment of your
individual performance. Part of the survey will include questions regarding your personal
familiarity with ALL aspects of the group’s conclusions. No grade will be assigned to the
members of the group until all surveys completed.
CON E 101 Construction and Culture
Fall 2017
CON E 101 Group Book Report
Grading Feedback Form
Fall 2017
Grade
Category
Critical Characteristics
A
90 above
•
•
•
•
B
80-89
•
•
C
70-79
•
•
•
D
60-69
•
•
F
59 below
•
Interesting
Connects to concepts from
the class in new ways,
original examples
Evidences interest in the
subject, additional research
used to make points
Answered
Guiding
Questions
All are answered
clearly and well.
Table is present
and referenced.
Organization
Spelling and
Grammar
Format Issues
Well organized and
clear. TOC provided.
Only one or
two errors.
Used indicated
format.
Harmonized
into a single
voice.
Sources cited in
appropriate
bibliographic
format.
Used indicated
format
Synthesized so that
items are organized by
arguments made, with
fires as examples
to bolster those
arguments, NOT fire by
fire.
Relates to ideas from
classroom
Some evidence of effort to
combine concepts from
multiple books, but
relatively shallow
observations.
All are answered
clearly and well.
Table is present
and referenced.
Find things easily.
Rare errors
Synthesized so that
items are organized by
arguments made, with
fires as examples
to bolster those
arguments, NOT fire by
fire.
Mostly
harmonized
into a single
voice.
Little beyond minimum to
answer questions
Boring, shallow
Little to no evidence of
effort made to combine
concepts from multiple
books
Only 2-3
answered well
Possible to find things
Few errors
Some concepts from class,
incomplete
Can still generally follow;
but boring and shallow.
No evidence of
combination of concepts,
just reports glued
Together.
Only 1-2
answered well,
skipped
question(s)
Organized fire by
fire, perhaps with a
brief closing
paragraph to
synthesize.
Difficult to find things.
Multiple
voices, with
some
evidence of
harmonizing.
Many errors
Little evidence of reading
the assignment
Questions not
answered
Comments:
Table is present.
Organized fire by fire, no Multiple
significant synthesis at
voices
all.
No effort to help reader
find things
So many
errors, it is
difficult to
understand
Sources cited in
appropriate
bibliographic
format.
Use indicated
format, but
overlong
Differed in
spacing, font,
length too
short, figures
as filler.
Sources cited
in appropriate
bibliographic
format.
No evidence of
indicated
format
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CONE 101
BOOK REPORT
FIRE IN THE GROVE
Trevor Bradbury
(818408039)
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Table of Contents
1. What Book did you read?……..9
2. What Happened in this book?….3-5
3. Can you confirm that the author is accurate….4-5
4. How did the built environment influence survival in positive
and negative ways?….5-6
5. Would a similar structure built today potentially suffer the
same fate?….7
6. Did you like this book?…..7-8
On Saturday night, November 28th, 1942 the worst nightclub fire in history occurred in
the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The fire took place at the formerly gangster operated
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speakeasy which was transformed into a well respected nightclub called the Coconut Grove. The
Grove was located in Park Square, downtown Boston. Barney Welanksy was the owner of the
exciting nightclub, and he considered it his pride and joy. Barney, former lawyer to the previous
owner of the club, decided to quit his practice, and devote his life towards the Grove once he
gained ownership.
(What Happened in this book?)
The infamous fire occurred on a typical busy weekend night around 10:15 pm. On the
night of the fire, the club was filled to full capacity. The club had 4 bars total and the two main
gathering areas were the main floor and the Melody lounge. The main floor is where people
could sit down to dine and listen to the musician on the big stage. The Melody lounge was a
dark intimate bar room located in the basement of the club, tight …
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