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Class in America: Gregory Mantsios In the article, "Class in America", Gregory Mantsios (Myths and Realities 2000) shows us how what class a person is in affects his or hers life more than they think. This article is written sufficiently well however, it does have some weak spots. I will prove my thesis by examining his use of examples and showing factual data and statistics, but also show how this article could have been better. Mantsios believes that people in the United States do not like

of those in poverty. In examining the cost of living in Victorian London and the amount the working class get paid, it is clear the those with power are aware of the unlivable living conditions many are forced to endure and take advantage of the misfortune of others. The rise of the population and the availability of work lead the upper class to take advantage of of the lower class. The working class does not make enough to support themselves and those in charge are well aware of that fact. The state

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, republished in 1995, is a fictional novel meant to describe the efforts of a lower born man to achieve his unreachable dream of capturing the interest and marrying the woman of a higher class despite the social restrictions of the time period. He displays the figures in the story through a stereotypical, of the 1920s, light as he writes out their background and incorporates the setting. He often writes his settings and characters’ background in the light of

how they being presented as victims, similarities and their classes. 'An Inspector Calls ' was set in 1912 when the First World War was about to start but then this novel was written in 1945. Also there was a really big distinctions between the upper and the lower classes of the families, but throughout the war this problem was reduced. In early 50th women were subservient to men. All a well off women could do was get married and a poor women was seen as cheap labor, but as a result of wars, women

within Pacific Rim During times of crisis, there is still a division. This division is the idea of a split between people during an apocalypse. This idea is known as Marxism. Marxism is the analysis between the working class, which is the majority of the population, and the rich class, which is the minority of the population. Marxism is used to analyze history through social and economical views to better understand about the differences in the world. A prime example of Marxism is the movie Pacific

generated from the upper and middle classes allowed them to move out into rural areas near major cities. More so, the development of public transportation, such a trolleys and trains, helped the middle classes to plan suburban housing to escape the overpopulation and poverty of urban areas. Economic growth inspired the idea of the “suburbs” as a convenient residential area for the middle classes that sought greater individualism, which separated them from the masses of working-class urbanites. The expansion

In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens rejects conventional Victorian class stratification, using Pip 's Bildungsroman to demonstrate that social mobility can be achieved through moral education, experience and personal development, rather than the simple acquisition of wealth. The compassion Pip learns from Joe leads him to assist Magwitch, which ultimately results in Pip becoming a gentleman. The secondary characters in Pip’s Bildungsroman help him to find a place within society where he can finally

were on dying rats that caused the plague. The Black Death did not only kill millions of people, it also killed the way that society functioned. It decreased the supply and increased the demand for workers (The Black Death). Thus, causing the middle class to form and progress into what we know in the present day. It also gave the people a chance to persecute and massacre the Jewish communities by accusing them of deliberately poisoning wells and causing the outbreak of the Black Death (Bee). The influence

century modern playwrights focused on many themes such as: the theme of social critic against middle-class values, theme of violence, damage, rage, hatred, loneliness and frustration. The protagonists are mostly of the working-class or of lower middle-class origin; who view society with contempt and ironic humor and may have conflict with authority. They share a disrespect and contempt for the class system and the post welfare state. Anger in literature is characterized by applying the plot which is

America suffers from a lack of economic equality; the population is divided into social classes. Per Mantsios, the upper fifteen percent control eighty-five percent of the nations’ wealth. This attributes the other eighty-five percent of the population the remaining fifteen percent of the nations’ wealth. The people born into a high economic standing can afford better education which prepares them for better jobs. And those who are born into a lower economic standing are more expected to enter low