The upper class and the middle classes were very concerned about morality‚ money and appearance‚ since they wanted to keep a high respect among their friends‚ and declassify themselves from the lower level of society. This meant that every ‘respectable’ person belonging to these social classes had to conform to social standards and to the ideas of virtues‚ ethics‚ charity and respectability. So they built another personality‚ behind which they hid their true characters‚ keeping their instincts and
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evil and points it out to the audience. Melodramas often came about when there was a historical change happening. For instance‚ in fifth-century B.C.E Athens‚ in seventeenth- century England‚ and in eighteenth-century Japan (Zarrilli‚ 263). The middle-class
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Government vs. Middle Class: Understanding the Middle Class’ Political Actions in China and the United States Introduction With China’s recent ascension as a powerhouse on the economic world stage‚ the social structure of its 1.3 billion people is also changing to reflect this forward momentum. Chinese consumption in the realms of material goods‚ housing and education has experienced unprecedented growth‚ an essential characteristic of what many would define as the “middle class” in terms
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Andrew Carnegie: The Father of Middle-Class America For decades Americans couldn’t help but love the red-headed‚ fun-loving Little Orphan Annie. The image of the little girl moving so quickly from poverty to wealth provided hope for the poor in the 1930s‚ and her story continues to be a dream of what the future just might hold. The rags-to-riches phenomenon is the heart of the American Dream. And few other people have embodied this phenomenon as much as Andrew Carnegie did in the late 1800s and early
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Saturday night fever and the loss of the middle class One of the most popular films of the 1970s was “SNF”. Many people all over idealized its music and lifestyle. Two of the main characters were regulars on popular TV shows (Welcome back kotter‚ and All my children). This movie is a reflection of the interests of the American people during the 1970s. People did not mind and most cases wanted to be distracted from the major political issues of the time‚ such as the recent war in Vietnam and resignation
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Fences Middle-class African Americans have occupied a position within society as being the buffer between the poor blacks and upper middle-class whites. Mary Pattillo-Mccoy establishes this condition in her book Black Picket Fences by studying the lives of middle-class African Americans in Groveland and shining the spotlight at issues that circulate upward mobility. This can be seen in neighborhoods that still emphasize racism loosely and continually deny children of middle class
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#5 The lives of the Upper-Middle Class and Working (Lower-Middle) Class are vastly different in terms of what an average week would be like. Though both makeup the American Society and are considered to be a part of the same class‚ the classes lead entirely different lifestyles. From money to comfortability‚ the Upper-Middle Class and Lower-Middle Class have separate worries and important factors in their lives. Having such differences between groups in the same class‚ reveals the social inequality
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Alisha Day How Middle and Lower Class Americans are Manipulated “Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate” is an article written by Bruce E. Levine about big corporations using behavior modification techniques to manipulate people into using their products. Levine is a clinical psychologist‚ an author‚ and a social critic from New York City. He graduated from Queens of the City University of New York and received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Cincinnati. Levine is
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In the early 19th century‚ there were not many options outside of marriage for middle-class women which is likely due to the taboo that surrounded woman of the middle-class needing to work. The opening paragraph James Hammerton’s article “Feminism and Female Emigration” explains that even education for these women was geared toward preparing them for married life‚ which ultimately hindered those with the intent of entering the female workforce. Incidentally‚ there was a disparity between the population
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visualize exactly how poor the lower and some what of the middle class really is. The video that was viewed on Monday was an eye-opening moment‚ as it presented how the American wealth is really distributed. In my belief‚ the income of citizens should be more of a linear distribution‚ rather than a exponential distribution. It is unnecessary for the top one percent individual to be making 20 percent of the American wealth‚ while the poor class are struggling to even to make at least 1 percent that.
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