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    you, dad” shows continued respect whilst still allowing Sheila to escape from the expectations she has to conform to, this is made easier due to the fact that Sheila has the inspector with her as the voice of the lower classes. Priestley is attempting to show that the lower classes are not given a voice so need the upper class to offer some level of protection. This progresses to a more obvious display of emotion “I think it was a mean thing to do” this openly criticizes her father, something which

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    The Problematic Class System Ever since the beginning of civilization, there has been a difference in economic and social, creating two separate classes. The wealthier and educated made up the upper status of society making up what is today called upper class. The poor and uneducated made up the people which were often looked down upon by the upper class, and now make up what is considered lower class. This was true in the earliest times of the bible, through the Renaissance

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    comments on the context of this text. comments include the idea that during the 1920s wealth caused the upper class to have destructive power, the working class struggled and suffered under illusion of affluence, there is no escaping society’s rigid social classes and that consumerism causes people to be selfish and act only out of self-interest. Fitzgerald uses the characterization of Tom to comment of the harmful effects of the power that money gives the upper class. Tom is characterized as being arrogant

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    How do the different classes (upper, middle, working) throw birthday party? Before I talk about how they throw their birthday party. Im going to explain my experiment is going to talk about how they react differently in their party. And when I say classes I mean rich people who their parents give them money, and middle class who are barely getting through, and working class are who went to college, but most likely she/ he dropped out of school/ collage to start work for he/ she family. The hook

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    According to Jean Anyon, schools in different social classes get different educations and get treated differently at school. How the children are taught will affect how they do in the future. The children who are in school now will be our leaders in the future, so we need to invest in our students. The Working Class students are taught that the process and following the rules is most important, not the answer. If we have government representatives, military leaders, and possibly presidents focusing

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    activities, seeing things from their perspectives and their understanding. These will help historians see how simple history should be because of how the lower class live in our society. Methodology The lower classes are treated very differently from the higher class. The lower classes are helpless. In Africa where people have to pay tuition to

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    Since the beginning of civilizations people have been defined by a social class they identify with based on their economic status. A pattern continues to repeat itself throughout history of the upper classes retaining the most power while the lower classes are severely oppressed by systems geared to sustain the higher class. When you compare areas of wealth versus areas that are run down and poverty, you can then see where the government and people put money. Before the French Revolution, France's

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    In Mantsios article “Class in America” he states that Americans hold beliefs that blind them to social classes, citizens in America have four myths they use to ensure talk about the classes never take place. America has the largest gap between rich and poor in the world, and the lower class has no means to an end they can’t afford health care or quality education. The upper class avoids talk about social class the most; wealthy people don’t want to admit that they are better off than others. While

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    angle that criticism towards society will be directed, she might as well be pointing her finger. For example; "Because in this country you must stay within your social class." , in reference to the incident with her maids love affair with their neighbours son. Here one can distinctly see the way she addresses the problem in relation to social class. Strong and direct criticism as depicted in the panels that follow relying on provoking the readers immediate thought and emotional responses. In simpler

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    Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald highlights the extremely wide wealth gap in America, as well as the unfair advantage that the rich have over the poor. Fitzgerald uses the setting and the characters within the novel to comment on the importance of social class and wealth during the 1920’s. In most, if not all chapters of The Great Gatsby, the reader must pay close attention to the setting of each scene in order to fully understand its significance and relation to the theme. In the very beginning

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