Changing Highbrow Taste Summary

Who has more problems: the affluent kids or the less civilized kids? Many people make the assumption that the upper class is sure to have less issues than the destitutions, because they are rich. In the book, The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton shows that both the upper and lower class experience different dilemmas. Hinton also emphasizes how the Greasers and Socs may have came from different backgrounds aren’t really differentiable. In the Outsiders, S.E. Hinton’s characterizations of individual Greasers and Socs reveal that both rich and poor kids face problems and feel trapped by their social statuses.

In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, embarks on a story of a young boy Greaser, his gang, the rivalry with the Socs, and how it all ended. The main theme of The Outsider was social class. Socs have wealth that helps them through life and their parents have enough money to do anything for them Greasers do not have an education, and that’s true because they don’t have enough money and the privilege to get a good education. On the other hand, Socs don’t have to worry about not having a bad education because they can afford an education. Although greasers can the opportunity to stop and smell the roses, Socs have everything in life needed, they don’t have the cherishable life they wish for. Hinton notifies, through the text, the main reason for the gang’s separation is because of their social class and expectations.

CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE 1. Despite the controversy, China's one child policy has sparked some interesting discussions. The policy aims to control population growth by limiting families to one child. Despite differing opinions, the policy has been effective in improving opportunities for women and increasing economic growth.

The documentary demonstrates how these cliques, to many students, are in a social hierarchy. Where one is on this hierarchy isn't just based on personality, but is strongly tied to "the way you walk" or the "clothes you wear", meaning that those at the top are the people with "proper" mannerism and the most money, which grants you social capital. Some, particularly students of color, dismiss these notions and believe the upper class to be generally snobbish, as they think that the upper class believes themselves to be better. One teen, who has a working-class mother that is too proud to get welfare, is ashamed of his trailer home and family. Meanwhile, his mother takes 10-mile walks where she is subject to harassment to work at burger

Does social class change the amount of problems people have? The truth is, no matter what social class you are, everyone will always have problems, just like in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Even though the Socs have much more money than Greasers, they both equally end up with the same number of difficulties. Using the novel, including two articles,”A Generation Struggling: Rich Kids are Losing” and “Alarming Number of Teens are Quitting School to Go to Work,” the effects of money, low income, and stereotypes from both groups are discussed.

The stereotypes our society associates with certain languages, dialects, careers, styles and preferences then translates into stereotypes against working class people, often regarding them as less intelligent, inferior, and lazy (Barone, 1999). In a study purposed to examine the psychology associated with classism, Langhout, Rosselli and Feinstein (2007) found that fifty-eight percent of those they interviewed endorsed at least one type of citational classism. Identifiably, I can relate to the casual dismissal of the term “dumb redneck,” a reference to an activity that culturally relates to a truncated dialect and a rural point of view. Even more damaging, I have been guilty of dismissing the term “nigger rig,” a reference to a task accomplished in a make-shift fashion with the only materials at hand. These attitudes illustrate that class privileges are perceived upon the basis of the group quality: the upper class is more civilized, more gifted and more intelligent; the lower class is not as deserving because of their apparent inferiorities (Barone, 1999). In sitcoms especially, the working class is portrayed as unintelligent, and those in poverty are often viewed as criminals (Yeskel, 2007). Following the patterns of racial discrimination, these stereotypes covertly disguise the differences in socioeconomic class as the natural order of society.

Before one can discuss the purpose of something, they must fully understand it and a definition is a great place to start. Harm reduction can be defined as reducing physical, mental, and spiritual damage, by creating a safer environment including, having sturdy social supports, education, improved hygiene and just about any positive factors you can think of. The context in which this paper discusses harm reduction is within an SUD (Substance Use Disorder) environment. In this case, harm reduction is a strategy to reduce the dangerous effects of drug use, not by eliminating the use, but rather creating a safer environment to use, which in the end can turn into abstinence.

There was a time when social classes were most easily identified through material goods and possessions. Whether wealth was gained through inheritance or hard work, it was the luxury items that made the most visible and tangible statement regarding a person’s social status. Men could rely on a large house or expensive car to proclaim the success they had earned. It was much more common to see women adorned in jewels, designer clothes, and furs as symbols of her upper class status. The extravagance of a woman’s appearance was a reflection of the success of her husband, so it was natural to indulge her desire for expensive material possessions.

Additionally, in his book “Distinction,” Bourdieu discusses cultural capital and the way people use classes of classifications while classifying one another. As habitus, fields and cultural capital develop distinct of different class factions within social spaces, of the “sacred” sphere of culture that legitimates social order. Therefore, people undoubtedly know their place within society as well quickly identify other individuals who are within their class are other factions of society that are not parts of the upper class via their pretentious actions. (p. 6-7). According to Bourdieu, Class “is not defined by real property” but is determined by the structure of relations between values art, social graces and other resources, that the

Another possible explanation for the low cross-class interaction is the lack of understanding and sympathy between the different social classes. Elizabeth Aries and Maynard Seider discussed in their research how students from private universities, which were dominated by upper class people, were taunted to explore more of the backgrounds of different social classes whereas students from state universities, where there was a significantly greater presence of working class families, were way less interested in taking classes on these subjects (Aries and Seider 151-52). Though Aries and Seider’s research focused on university students, it is reasonable to assume that these differences persist throughout society as these same students grow up to

In the opening to Paul Fussell’s essay “A Touchy Subject”, he observes that no one really quite understands how class works, and each class theorizes the deciding factors between them, through the colored lenses of station. Of interest though, is the description he gives of the Upper Class, who “perceive that taste, values, ideas, style, and behavior are indispensable criteria of class, regardless of money or occupation or education” (McQuade) If that criteria is taken and applied to society, other social classes are revealed that lie hidden within the umbrella of Low, Middle and Upper. There is a group of people that embodies their own values, who celebrate their ideas, flaunt their style and act with a certain behaviors, and they have formed a class of their own; Geekdom.

So sometimes fashion cannot distinguish between social classes and clothes worn by an upper class individual can be similar to clothes worn by people of a lower class.

For as long as I can remember, class has been something I have been physically conscious of, almost like it was a sentient being in the room with me. Into my adolescence, I often felt like an outsider looking into the upper class lifestyle, uninvited but somehow present—like Cinderella at the ball, if you will. As a white, private school girl, I passed as much as I could; appearance-wise, nothing was really out of the ordinary, and no one suspected that anything was amiss. I was living a strange double life, it seemed, just another presumably wealthy student in a predominantly wealthy school, interacting with (and competing with) the children of millionaires by day, going home to my average, one-story home on the “wrong side of town” by night. I was not always aware of this visible disconnect, however, and it took me a while to come to terms with what that meant for me and my future, both as a privilege and as a disadvantage. I only recently began exploring myself in this light, and discovered things I had never noticed before about my own and others’ experiences.

In the 18th century, European society put an emphasis on social standing; each social class was expected to act differently, thus affecting the way one would get treated and the amount of opportunities available to them. In Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, food imagery and the way each character acts towards food reveals the distinctions between the various social classes and, more importantly, the mediocrity of the French bourgeoisie. However, Flaubert chooses not to focus on all of the social classes, but solely on the characteristics and mannerisms surrounding the middle and the high classes. Revolving the novel around middle-classed characters who represent the middle class, Flaubert criticizes the bourgeoisie through their desire to escape

These are a basic reference to the way that people are separated and thus treated and destined to live out life. Through having the title of high social status, one is elevated higher than the middle or working poor. They have more options medically, nutritionally, and mentally. This is demonstrated in the movie People like Us, when the lady compared the quality of the affordable wonder bread ( Kolker & Alvarez, 1999). Opportunities are more readily attainable for the higher class. They are groomed in a manner that discourages negative behaviors with the risk of a drop in perception of class. Thus, healthier lifestyles and decisions are almost forced upon them. One of a higher class is expected to associate with people of the same class level. Thus, positive mentalities and habits are almost exclusively to that class.