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    the social classes are very important. We can see that social class plays big part of people’s life. Everyday people are working, studying, trying to be better. Even though right now it’s time when everyone has many opportunities in his life, anyway there is a gap between classes and groups of people with same features. And your background probably will build your future. And we need to find what kind of class we have right now and look into these classes. The main idea is that Social Classes still

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    separation by class, yet it is the scenario depicted in The Outsiders. The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel written by S. E. Hinton in the 1960s. In The Outsiders, the teenagers of a city are being ripped apart by a violent feud based solely on social class. The first group, known as the Socs, are the wealthy and popular. The second group is the Greasers, who are poor and viewed as the scum of the city. The

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    observe communities and individuals of different social classes and socioeconomic statuses. From the homeless man begging for change on the side of the road, to the CEO driving a brand new Mercedes, people of different social classes are found throughout society, usually living within proximity of each other. These are extreme, and observable examples of the different social classes in the United States, however it is not also easy to determine someone's social class by first glance. In the United States

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    Distinguishing Between Social Classes "Does housing in general, and home ownership in particular, comprise anything more than just a class-related distributive outcome?" (Hamnett 1995:257) Hamnett posed this question in 1995 in his paper 'Home Ownership and the Middle Classes'. He went on to investigate possible answers in much the same way as I intend to discuss the contention that housing tenure is now less important for distinguishing between social classes than in

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    Soriano Honors English 10 September 10th, 2014 Social Classes Social classes are very prevalent in many cultures and make large groups of people feel disregarded while making others feel very important. Social classes can divide a population based on gender, wealth, or occupation. In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick, social classes are a very big source of conflict. These novels show both sides of the social class spectrum and show how each can impact

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    Britton Hayman English Composition 3 10/15/15 Social Classes and the Lost Generation The Great Gatsby (2013), based on Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, focuses on a relationship between a man and a woman who belong to different social classes in the 1920s. They are members of the Lost Generation, those in their 20s and 30s in the years immediately following World War I, and spent their lives searching for purpose. The Lost Generation grew up during the war, when most Americans were supporting the war effort

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    Raymond Chandler captures the essence of various social classes in his book The Big Sleep. While many stories focus on one social class, Chandler delves into the world of the ludicrously rich, the criminal elite, and the run-of-the-mill working class. Social classes are often neatly divided, but The Big Sleep explores situations that cause the diverse classes to intertwine. The tangle of classes becomes a major theme of the story, giving rise to additional minor themes. First, romance that evolves

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    of the different types of social classes during the Victorian era in England. Also, I will be going into a little bit of detail about some key problems that developed during this time because of classism. There will be a total of three main social classes I’m going to talk about and those classes are the nobility upper class, middle class, and the working class. Before I forget I will also be talking a bit about politics, child labor, and where women rank in the social class ladder. I am going

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    If the lower classes are not controlled it will be hard to maintain the social structure and prevent internal conflict. In most societies throughout World History, a small, rich ruling class has dominated the social and political aspects of society. The large majority of the population has always been in the lower classes of society, and controlling these classes through fear, brute force, economic oppression or appeasement is instrumental to maintain order. Failing to maintain control often leads

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    Opportunities Social Class Carries in Education What is social class? Social Class is the separation based on social and economic status. The different social classes there is are the upper class, middle class, working class, and lower class. In the U.S. all students should have the right to the same opportunity towards their success or educational goals, but when we think about education, does it cross our minds if the type of social class a student is in can affect their educational opportunities

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