Christina McGee
AP Language and Composition P.1
September 15, 2014
Poverty and Wealth: The Ugliness in its Entirety There is a distinguishable difference in today’s society with the rich and the poor, especially with children between infantry and young adulthood. Of course, there will be differences in their lifestyles after the age of 18, but usually the psychological character of a person is developed in their childhood. Three categories that can be separated between the rich and the poor are the different lifestyles from marriage, materialistic pleasures, and the development of an individual character. Another category is the different education received from a rich child to a poor child usually being that the poor …show more content…
Tracy Chapman herself said “sweet lazy life, champagne and caviar… consume more than you need” Tray chapman- Mountain O’ Things she says what she thinks it would be like to be rich and others think it is different from that. The poor people on the other hand are barely able to afford the things they need to survive like food, shelter, and a working plumbing system. Another thing that rich people can do is throw huge private weddings where millions are spent on having that perfect day with that perfect person to spend the rest of your life with, along with a very expensive wedding gown and a professionally tailored suit you can expect only the richest to be able to afford that type of lifestyle, …show more content…
Poor families who have children when they grow up they are more likely to drop out of college because the children have to work and the children do not want to see their parents become more in debt so they drop out to be able to increase their income. The rich on the other hand before their children are even born they already have their college paid for and everything they need in life at their fingertips. Those poor people who are fortunate enough to get a decent education often do not understand the material they are learning and cannot afford to get extra help because their guardian has to work late. But the rich have private tutors who are paid well because of the rich parents and have all the information they need in their fingers all it takes is dialing seven numbers. Even if the rich don’t have private tutors they most likely have a laptop to access the information, as opposed to the poor who cannot afford those