ESP

Senquetta Brittingham

Writing Center

Prof. George

March 29, 2014

My experience at Eastern State Penitentiary was really interesting. I remember it being so terribly cold. I felt that the cold stark air perpetuated my interpretation of Eastern State. This building along with the audio narration gave me an Erie feeling. I felt such sorrow for3.,tl all those who lost their lives in that building. Everything was cemented, and in some of the rooms there were old fashion toilets. I remember the audio recording guide saying people tried to escape through the toilets. After, seeing the toilets I felt that the inmates could have possibly been delusional. Simply because it is clearly impossible to escape that way.
     
One of the rooms on the cell block instantly gave me an unpleasant feeling. On the outside it was a brown small wooden door. It couldn’t barely open .So I took a picture on my phone with the flash so I could see inside. It looked like a cage. Nothing was in the room except for a mattress and four walls. I could imagine how anyone would be able to function under those living conditions. After, seeing this this gave me a better understanding of how disturbing and more so cruel Eastern State can be.
 
       The essence of Eastern State today captures its past. During my audio tour I was giving the opportunity view some of the photos. The one in particular that I'm referring is the baseball team that they had. This was shocking to me because I wouldn’t initially think that they had baseball. I At Eastern Sate Everyone is segregated in the movies.