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As she criticizes men’s behavior towards herself she describes the way in which she is meant to be treated as “helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.” But right after she proceed to describe the way in which she is truly treated; “Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me the best place!” By directly showing this contrast in behavior she evokes a strong sense of hypocrisy and therefore provoking a strong emotional feeling in her audience directing their thoughts towards the issue of gender inequality. This incites the members of the audience to re-evaluate the instances where they have been treated in such a way and therefore Sojourner incites them to

The final six lines of the poem explicitly show the class division between the speaker and the tourists. When the speaker states that, “Once my little sister / ran barefoot across the hot sand / for a taste” (13-16), she ends on a period, almost hoping that her sister would be able to run across to the other side where the rich tourists and playful children are, to feel what it is like, to be equal to them. If the poem had ended here, it would be difficult to make a full

To begin with, the author’s implementation of short sentence fragments throughout the poem illustrates the exasperation and frustration bottled up in women in response to

The speaker uses end–stops to emphasize his confidence in his identity. The sextet has a plethora of metaphors which may stand for American society. Moreover, the speaker deploys imagery, such as, “darker brother”, “tables”, and “company” which frames America more as a salad bowl versus a salad bowl due to the lack of true integration into society (2). For instance, the imagery alludes that the poem’s theme is really about race and discrimination as one might assume when reading. Given these points, the poem illustrates the speaker’s critique of a larger order. In the following line, the line break allows the reader to pause before beginning the next line in the stanza, which introduces the imagery of a kitchen. The metaphor of the kitchen suggests the theme of a second class citizen subjected to segregation in the United States. In doing so, the speaker inadvertently compares his position to a servant when he states that the company shoos him away to eat in the kitchen like a servant against his own will. The speaker’s language suggests that he compares his position to the role of a servant and master to describe his present experiences with segregation. Despite being shunned due to his racial background, the speaker’s triumph is illustrated in a series of enjambements and commas that guide the reader: “But I laugh/And eat well” (5–7). Langston Hughes

In both of these literary works, the low socioeconomic status of the main characters is made well known to the reader early on. This status is

From the start the novel is laden with the pressures that the main characters are exposed to due to their social inequality, unlikeness in their heredity, dissimilarity in their most distinctive character traits, differences in their aspirations and inequality in their endowments, let alone the increasingly fierce opposition that the characters are facing from modern post-war bourgeois society.

As the ladies examine the house, while the men are other places, picking clothes and an apron up for Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Hale gains sympathy for her until finally she starts to take action. When they find the block of quilting that has stitching askew, she starts to fix it, perhaps to cover for Mrs. Wright?s distraught state of mind. While Mrs. Hale is finding sympathy for Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Peters offers a counterpoint that tries to justifies the men?s viewpoints and actions. Her comments to Mrs. Hale?s resentful musings on Mrs. Wright?s unhappy life and on the actions of men in regards to women in general all seem to be rote answers programmed into her by society and a desire not to cause any trouble. This all changes as soon as Mrs. Peters finds the bird.

Suddenly his previous characterization no longer stands; suddenly it is clear he was described as an outcast because he has access to this higher meaning in a way his audience might not. It’s worth again making explicit that the previously established form of the novella breaks down here. Not only does poetry briefly inhabit the waking life, but so too does the higher meaning it has come to represent. But what’s important here is not only that the narrative structure is broken here, but who breaks it: the male poet. One explanation for this is a matter of difference in class. That is, the poet has access precisely because he did not grow up under the circumstances of high society, while Cecily’s social status renders her incapable of having depth. Yet, the version of Cecily we see in her dreams does not support this reading; even in the presence of poetry she retains her social identity, and is even warned of her “swaddled” (51) upbringing. Rather, the relevant distinguishing feature between Cecily and the poet is that he is a man. While male poets may be seen as lower class or even unrespectable, women who pursue poetry are seen as “pitiable,” and as having a “dangerous illness” (60). In short: poetry is not an option, and thus not even a consideration for women. There is perhaps something to be said that the women are shown

The woman is not gazing at the camera or posing, she is just doing her routinely work, weaving fabric that is a necessity in daily life. Liu was impressed at the woman not paying attention to the camera lenses; she kept her composer and focus on a difficult machine, which is considerably larger than her. Along with the woman are colorful birds, representing her thoughts, flocking around the loom. Liu concentrated on the woman, and felt the possible emotions she could have perceived, what came into her mind as she worked.

Moreover, socio-economic class differences was also illustrated in this novel. Giovanni, David, Jacque, they were obviously of different classes. Giovanni, without any work, he would have to starve, and to him, Americans like David

Class division has existed throughout time, both in its range of meaning and complexity of describing social division. The modern implications of class can be seen as a general word for groups or group distribution that has become more common. Rebecca Harding Davis’s short story Life in the Iron Mills, together with Raymond Williams’s entry Class delineates the oppressed lower class in a vivid and moving way, exemplifying the impact of social divisions on oppressed working labourers. Davis “embodies a grim, detailed portrayal of laboring life” (Pistelli 1) with an articulate correlation of Williams’s entry Class, structuring her narrative and focus of attention on gender, industrialization, immigration, and social divide. This essay

Rebecca Harding Davis’s story “Life in the Iron Mills” is considered one of the first fictional novels to use realism and bring to life a delineated lower class and issues relevant to women. Encouraging social reform for working class women—as well blacks and immigrants—Davis employs a harsh concrete description of poor living conditions within the mills, workers’ homes, and for the workers themselves. Whereas the meaning of class and social division has changed throughout time, Raymond Williams entry “Class” will be taken into consideration throughout this essay and create for an accurate definition of class among social division that correlates into the mills fictional setting. This essay will include Davis’s vivid illustration of class separation and argue for social change among women, immigrants, and the alienated working class that are unable to escape life in Antebellum America.

This implies that the birds and nature in general are drawn to Eve because of her captivating voice. Frost also describes Eve as adding an “oversound” which is a harmonizing tone (4). The way Frost describes Eve is somewhat illuminating, making her seem like a goddess of some sort. Frost paints Eve’s tone as “meaning” which could be interpreted as a tone of importance (5). Birds being captivated by a woman’s voice is reminiscent of Cinderella and her singing friends of nature.

The novel highlights the significance of class consciousness and how one particular class can become subjective to the hands of the dogmatic elites. The derogative attitudes regarding social class first occurs when Jane suffers horrible treatment from John Reed. He violently torments Jane and constantly reminds her that she is an orphan and a dependent of the Reed family, forcing into her mind that to be without a class is to be without worth. He imposes fear into Jane and reminding her that he is the superior being.

Throughout the Industrial Revolution, the lower class’s population continued to increase as more and more people became poor and fell into poverty. Although the upper class was prosperous and wealthy, they failed to assist the struggling population; this only made the problem worse. As the issue of poverty became more critical, it became a topic that authors commonly wrote about. George Orwell, Charles Dickens, and Jonathan Swift were authors who presented the problem of a poor community and a neglectful upper class to the people through the use of allegory and satire. This helped to easily convince and influence their readers. Through the use of satire and allegory, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, and Jonathan Swift effectively address the pressing issue of the upper class’s ignorance and mistreatment towards the lower, struggling class.