Derek's View Of Society: How Far Did Derek Come From?

This view was not just a view it was something taught because of where Derek had come from. His was setup from the start with as what Ferris and Stein called, “social class [which was] a system of stratification based on access to resources such as wealth, property, power, and prestige.” He was in a wealthy home and his family was seen as prestigious in the community he already had a view of what the world would bring. But in the end the world did not bring him and his family what they excepted.