Possibilities In Zone One

Adding on, being employed provides access to many more amenities in life. In Zone One the employed population had an overall better life with amenities such as better housing, eating quality meals, and not having to worry about an overall financial breakdown. On the flip side of the novel Mark and the rest of the lower class were stuck performing awful jobs and virtually living day by day as the lower class really didn’t know what to expect from life. Mark was a hard worker day in and day out, but never got the reward he deserved. An example from the text that stands out is when Mark wants to obtain a deck of cards called “no-no cards.” Every sweeper is supposed to have “no-no cards” as each card contains basic information regarding different
In many cases the lower class citizens may not know where their next meal is coming from or where they’re going to be sleeping at night. On the other side the upper class citizens often times have too much wealth and are set for life. Instead of focusing on the lower class and providing the necessities the lower class needs the focus seems to be on making sure money keeps flowing in for the upper class. In relation to Zone One lower class citizens would love to have the amenities the upper class has. In contrast to the upper class, the lower class would actually put some of the excess items to good use instead of taking the items for granted. An example that comes to mind is money for higher education. In many cases, students that come from an upper class family and are pursuing higher education normally don’t have to worry about attending college because their parents or another family member will pay their entire tuition along with any other expenses. Many upper class students certainly have a luxury many would love to have when it comes to pursuing education. Meanwhile students who come from a lower class family are often struggling to pay for higher education, or are unable to pursue higher education because of the financial burden it provides. Many citizens in the lower economic class face a similar obstacle that Mark from Zone One faced were many citizens have great intentions in life and will do whatever they can to achieve their goals but are having a difficult time because of being classified as unemployed or lower class. Due to these circumstances, if a lower class student wants to pursue higher education they have to take out thousands of dollars in loans and take a huge risk on themselves that each individual will be able to graduate and pay back their loans. While many in the lower class are virtually throwing everything they have into achieving their