The Rich People's School

Upon reading The Lesson, by Toni Cade Bambara, the reader cannot help but feel empathy towards the narrator Sylvia and her friends, as they are introduced to the realization of unfairness distribution of wealth in society, the diverse democracy. The lesson is taught by a lady named, Miss Moore, who moves into Sylvia’s neighborhood block. Miss Moore is a college educated women who shows the reality of the economic inequality to Sylvia and her friends by taking them on a field trip to a fancy toy store called, F.A.O. Schwartz. As the children look through the window of the toy store, children began to realize high prices of things, the difference between the fancy world and the slum world that they come from. At the end of the story, Sylvia

The events of the play reveal that most people in the upper-middle class (Mr and Mrs Birling and Gerald) look down on the lower class with derision (‘girls of that class’) and the only middle class person in the play (the Inspector) seems to detest the upper-middle class because he believes in socialism.

Toni Cade Bambara addresses how knowledge is the means by which one can escape out of poverty in her story The Lesson. In her story she identifies with race, economic inequality, and literary epiphany during the early 1970’s. In this story children of African American progeny come face to face with their own poverty and reality. This realism of society’s social standard was made known to them on a sunny afternoon field trip to a toy store on Fifth Avenue. Through the use of an African American protagonist Miss Moore and antagonist Sylvia who later becomes the sub protagonist and White society the antagonist “the lesson” was ironically taught. Sylvia belong to a lower economic class, which affects her views of herself within highlights the

In her last paragraph, she identifies herself as the upperclassman, stating that we rich people “. . . save our money, eschew status symbols, cut coupons, practice puritanical sacrifice to amass a million dollars” (Cottom 1015). This could be classified as a simple jest, to be honest. To me, it sounds sarcastic, which is probably what the author intended. Her argument is informative, yet entertaining. Mocking the snobbish attitude of some who believe they are superior, she skillfully disguises her sentence to appear innocent while the message it delivers is not quite. The point of this sentence is for you to realize

In the article, "Stupid Rich Bastards", the author, Laurel Johnson Black, gives an insight on her life and upbringing in a "poor" family, the effects it had on her, her life goals, and dreams. Black’s article was published in the book This Fine Place So Far from Home: Voices of Academics from the Working Class in 1995. Throughout the article, Black gives an explanation of the conditions in which she and her family lived in, which include her parents having to take on various jobs such as her father being a plumber, junk man, car salesman and her mother—a cook, school crossing-guard and a McDonald 's counter worker as well. With all these jobs, Black also mentioned that the income was still inadequate. Being that her family 's way of living was not the best, her parents decided that one of their children has to make it or go to college, and Black was the one who was going to be the one to do that. She did this with hopes that she would earn more money, be able to make a better life for her and her family, maneuver along with the "stupid rich bastards", talk like them, learn their ways but not be like them, and explain to her family about the lives of the same "stupid rich bastards", people who had or made more money and had better lives or felt better than others. Along with her telling her story, the main purpose of Black’s story is to bring to our attention that she is trying to “keep the language of the working class in academia” (Black 25).

That was always my experience—a poor boy in a rich town; a poor boy in a rich boy's school; a poor boy in a rich man's club at Princeton.... However, I have never been able to forgive the rich for being rich, and it has colored my entire life and works."

The first key idea from the materials is that social inequities and capitalism are intertwined. In the TEDTalks, while the upper class, or plutocrats, are typically living large, the lower classes are struggling to live. Additionally, due to the unfair system, the lower-income people are more likely to drop out

However, some may come to the deeper meaning of this text that the author was trying to get across. Some being the flaws of Capitalism and the “American Dream”; Social Darwinism, only the financially “fit” survive; and how Socialism could be the answer to those who need support financially. These issues have trailed the United States for many years, one example of a result of these issues is the creation of the Black Panther Party in the 1960’s; due to African American’s limited rights, inability to find a good paying job, and cold hatred towards the government. However, because of the ignorance by the majority of upper-class citizens, they would interpret the book as an attempt to persuade others to look down on Capitalism due to the struggles portrayed in the book in result of corrupt rich folk.

Toni Cade Bambara addresses how knowledge is the means by which one can escape out of poverty in her story The Lesson. In her story she identifies with race, economic inequality, and literary epiphany during the early 1970’s. In this story children of African American progeny come face to face with their own poverty and reality. This realism of society’s social standard was made known to them on a sunny afternoon field trip to a toy store on Fifth Avenue. Through the use of an African American protagonist Miss Moore and antagonist Sylvia who later becomes the sub protagonist and White society the antagonist “the lesson” was ironically taught.

The essay, “Richer and Poorer: Accounting for Inequality” by Jill Lepore, is an essay arguing the problem with inequality in America between the wealthy and less fortunate class in society. Lepore explains that the problem is not with how Americans treat their children, but how congress is the underlying problem. With the help of logos, pathos, and ethos the author shows how dissimilarity in social classes can be easily changed if adoptions of practices and ideas from other countries were accepted.

In the article “There are now two Americans. My country is a horror show” by David Simon, Simon writes about how in American people don’t have equal values. The author implies that rich people have the upper hand when it comes to education and employment. This how poor people are less value and have more difficulty on making a better live and achieve better education. This topic is important due to the factor that in the 21st centuries we still see diversity between rich and poor people.

The power elite, or upper class, obtain their power not just from their money: their status is hereditary and preserved through history. Class itself cannot be defined without mentioning gender and race, as the majority of the upper class consists of white men. Those two axes of inequality mask the

Altman not only comments on issues between the rich and the working class, but also on the issues that occur within these classes. Those in the upper class have spoken and unspoken expectations of themselves and the other individuals in their class. They all seem very unhappy with their lives in private, but never let it show in public gatherings. For example, when Constance Trentham tells Mary, “I hate shooting. Why does one have to do this?” It is obviously not something she is being forced to do, but society makes her feel like she has to do things she does not like to do. Those in the upper class feel that they must pretend to be something they are not in order to avoid judgment by the rest of this society. Ivor Novello perfectly describes

The contrast of Rich's gain in status and Mores loss of status, really makes the play. It seems that the author doesn't try to make his characters stand for anyone thing in particular, but in Rich's case he is a symbol of the tendency to surrender to the temptation of wealth and status. Throughout the play you never get any real depth of Rich as a person. This seems to be what the author is trying to do because Rich works as a perfect contrast to More without taking anything away from More's character. Without the contrast of Rich's character we wouldn't get to see who More really is. Rich's character shows us all what impact money and status can have on

In common, the rich people have more power and abilities. “Monkey at a birthday? Her mother had sneered”(1), and “Get away with you, believing any nonsense you’re told!”(1). It is an unimaginable thought that inviting a magician and a monkey only for a kid’s birthday party as a side view of a normal person. The mother sneered her head because you couldn’t believe it; but, the protagonist felt more interesting, exciting and hankered more about the rich because it’s very unusual in her life as not a rich person. Even in today, it is very shocking for the poor hiring a monkey for a kid’s birthday party. But they are flaunt their wealth and power through with the luxury. This allows to feel a huge gap that non-rich cannot reach and does not even go near, and