The Importance Of Social Class

According to the Webster dictionary, social class is defined as a group of people who share economic and social status. Social class is separated by one’s wealth and how they present themselves. James W. Loewen once said that “social class is probably the most important variable in society. From womb to tomb, it correlates with all other social characteristics of people.” Here he is stating that social class is something a person will have to deal with for from birth to death; it will develop a person and their unique characteristics (compound sentence). Social standings are ubiquitous, which makes the idea of this quote so intriguing. As the world becomes more complex, the division between social classes becomes more apparent
A closest replete with the latest designs, belonging to the most expensive country club, the size of your house, and your everyday vernacular are all characteristics important to the highest social classes. In order to maintain the “social status” of the wealthy, one must have enough money to do so. Never would someone living in a broken down home nor a trailer park be categorized as “upper class”. A person of this economic status cannot afford to be living in a large home or mansion, forcing them to be apart of the lower class, both economically and socially. Because so many want to be higher on the economic and social scale, it forces the upper class to seem elite or special (Why group). People want to have money, to get into a higher class, and to be living a lifestyle that seems so different from their own (3 action pattern). Social class completely revolves around money, thus proving that you cannot determine social class without economic status. Although we would like to think we are not defined by the amount of money we have or how nice of a car we drive, we live in a world where everyone wants to be the richest and have the nicest things (condition
Even if a person of the lower class can find success through great opportunities, are they truly moving to a new social class (Condition group)? The class a person is born into influences the type of person they become. It is how they grew up and turned into the person they are. Even when someone changes from social class to social class, who they are is how they grew up. A large piece of their personality will always be from that class, it is a lifestyle. The social class, something that will always be around, will continue to impact the lives of everyone (appositive