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The author starts by explaining a question that many people ask about the odd behaviors in poor people and their purchases. She helps to explain this by giving background information on her own family when she was growing up. An event she describes is when her neighbor was unable to obtain benefits to raise her granddaughter after a year, the authors mom dresses “expensively” or nicely to gain an upper hand when asking for their benefits. This is done to further her belief that people buy these things to belong and to gain more privilege. She ends her essay by stating a person cannot judge what a poor person does until they’ve been poor themselves.

Research Question: A comparative study of how wealth is perceived and interpreted in The Great Gatsby and Crazy Rich Asians

We encounter too many people everyday and it’s impossible to get to know them all. We observe and gauge them based on appearances, just like we do with “ Books based on their cover ” says Edwin Rolfe in “Murder in the Glass room”. In “Strangers” by Morrison, she meets a fisherwoman at her neighbor’s seawall. Morrison notices that the woman was “wearing men’s shoes, a man’s hat, a well-worn colorless sweater over a long black dress”(Morrison 199). It seems upon seeing disgracefully dressed fisherwoman Morrison feels sympathy for her since roughly dressed people are considered to be unsuccessful and defeated in today’s world. Whenever we see homeless people weather on streets or on television they are always shabbily dressed, but have we ever seen a successful person dressed like a homeless guy? We think and opinionate based on our past experiences and adapt to what we see and hear in the environment around us. ||||| In “Stranger in the village” Baldwin visits a little village in Switzerland to work. No black man had ever been to this village before and the Baldwin was told that he would be a

This includes a story of her mother who waltzed into a social service agency dressed in an impressive outfit to set straight an issue that her elderly neighbor had trouble with over the past year in a single day (Cottom 1012). To elaborate, she justifies why poor people ordinarily make the choices they do, while conversely questioning them. In her text, “The Logic of Stupid Poor People”, Cottom declares that “We want to belong” (1013). I agree that we want to belong, if you belong you are safe. At one point, her first professional job manager decided she was accordingly “. . . too classy to be on the call center floor.” (Cottom 1014) This proves that putting money into a brand name suit can have a positive influence on others, in this case she gained a high pay raise and her workload was decreased. If poor people spend money on classy outfits, the rich people will perceive them as their own.

Designer clothing, luxury cars, flashy handbags. These are just a few of the status symbols that differentiate the rich from the poor. These items are often used to determine the who’s who in today’s society by showing off wealth and status. Although others should not be based solely on their income, this judgement is sadly commonplace. The rich and the poor are segregated both by accident and on purpose in many situations and the lower class is the one that deals with the brunt of that discrimination.

ay’s society, the common themes of Gender Equality and deception are more prevalent than ever before. In the essays “ Turkeys in the kitchen” By: Dave Barry and “ The ways we Lie” By: Stephanie Ericsson. Both essays display to the reader how gender equality and deception is relevant to their lives. In the United States, Gender Equality and deception are huge topics on the news, in the celebrity tabloids, and even in the workplace. So are these authors on to something?

Ewen then presents the reader with Ira Steward, a weaver and leader in the Massachusetts movement for and eight hour workday. Steward goes into further detail of the reason that the middle class felt the need to focus so much on their appearance. “To advertise one’s self destitute, is to be without credit, that tides so many in safety- to their standing in society- over the shallow places where ready resources fail” (qtd. in Ewen 192). Ewen uses Steward to explain that “the poor man is an unsuccessful man” (qtd. in Ewen 192). In America, we are judged by what we own. Being poor not only means that the person is unsuccessful but it is almost as if that person isn’t even a citizen. Keeping up an image that looks good is almost like buying your way into citizenship and acceptance. “The more expensive and superior style of living adopted by the middle classes must therefore be considered in the light of an investment, made from the soundest considerations of expediency- considering their risks and their chances-and from motives even of self preservation, rather than the mere desire for self indulgence.” (qtd. in Ewen 192). Ewen presents the idea that a person’s image

Nick was raised in wealth and understands the relative comfort and leverage it provides. He recalls how his father told him, “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had” (1). Nick recognizes his privilege because of his father’s admonition. Furthermore, he assesses individuals apart from their situation because he is aware of his privilege relative to others’. In combination with his belief in his own honesty, he therefore maintains accountability because he is impartial about his privilege and does not justify his mistakes by self-exculpating with the aid of his privilege, unlike Daisy and Tom Buchanan. The Buchanans live in affluence seeking their whims: Jay Gatsby for Daisy and Myrtle Wilson for Tom. He decries the Buchanans’ money-begotten recklessness, explaining that “Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money” (179). Nick views Tom - in cheating with Myrtle, assaulting her, and hollowly apologizing to Daisy for cheating with Myrtle - and Daisy - in depending upon men, manslaughtering Myrtle, and deplorably fleeing the crime - as misguided users of privilege and hopelessly careless as a

Brett is the picture perfect image of the post-war generation transformation of values in relation to gender. In the roaring twenties, Brett embraces her freedom; she is the typical roaring twenties lady, with a boyish haircut, and both the drinking and sexual promiscuity of a man. Her infatuation with money and her interaction with money and other values is interesting, as she interacts indirectly through means of drinks, meals, clothing articles, trips, and sexual affairs. What makes Brett most interesting is that she herself is a value amongst men, giving her body, companionship, and friendship to Jake, Mike, and her many suitors. As the theme of the importance of money continues, some may wonder how Brett is included in such a money-thirsty group when she herself doesn’t spend much of a dime; this is because her primary man,

It could be said that appearances and an individual’s background can influence other people’s perception of the individual. In the article, The Saints and the Roughnecks, by William J. Chambliss, two groups of boys were observed by Chambliss: The Saints and the Roughnecks. The Saints were a group of boys that were seen as good, promising young men that came from upper middle class families, whereas the Roughnecks were boys that came from lower class families that were labeled as delinquents by the community (Chambliss, p. 186). Both groups of boys were involved in deviant activities, yet only the Roughnecks were punished for their actions. Since the Saints came from rich families, they had access to vehicles that allowed them to take their deviant acts outside the eyes of the community. The Roughnecks, on the other hand, did not have access to such transportation and would congregate in the centre of town, where the members of the community would pass them by

and sadness because of his struggle with himself. Not only does Hale question himself, and

“Miller sees many people’s lives being poisoned by their desire to be successful. People like the Lomans are doomed to try for success but fail, with all the resulting guilt that such failure brings. Others like Ben and Howard display an ability to make money that deems them successful but at the cost of their own moral integrity.” (Abbotson, 317)

One of the major topics explored in The Great Gatsby is the sociology of wealth, specifically, how the newly minted millionaires of the 1920s differ from and relate to the old aristocracy of the country’s richest families. In the novel, West Egg and its denizens represent the newly rich, while East Egg and its denizens, especially Daisy and Tom, represent the old aristocracy. Fitzgerald portrays the newly rich as being vulgar, gaudy, ostentatious, and lacking in social graces and taste. Gatsby, for example, lives in a monstrously ornate mansion, wears a pink suit, drives a Rolls-Royce,

Healthcare providers need to have quick access to all of a patient's medical information whenever and wherever the patient goes for care. There are systems to help standardize electronic medical records, such as the National Health Information Infrastructure, which would help provide qucik and easy access to the patient's information. The department of Health and Human Services has made an effort to proctect the privacy of all medical records by enacting a Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. These regulations were designed to help protect a patients' identifiable health information that is provided to health plans, hospitalts, doctors, and any other healthcare providers. The personal information that

Wearing nice clothes and eating fancy food means nothing if the person behaves like a child. A person wearing dirty clothes and eating out of the garbage may behave better. This is why prejudging people can often wrong. A bum with good manners and behavior would be more pleasant to be around than a rich, snob with no manners and horrible behavior. One cannot have a full outlook on an individual by just viewing their dress and eating habits. Looking at someone’s clothing or what is in their refrigerator does not depict behavior.