The Ninny Status
In the three short stories that we read “The Ninny” by Anton Chekhov, “The Governess” by Neil Simon, and “Up From the Holler” there was some sort of conflict about social class each differ and are different points of view. I believe that seeing something from a different point of view is very important. I think that its important because you see others perspectives on matters that you once thought about only in one way.“One person's crazyness is another person's reality.” said by Tim Burton.
In “The Ninny” by Anton Chekhov i took the view of the nanny Julia. In this story she was sitting down with her mistress to talk about her pay. During this conversation the mistress kept on finding obscure things to pay Julia less. I knew that Julia wanted to argue back that it isn’t fair to take from her pay that much. But Julia felt like she could not argue back or she may lose her job. Then the Mistress finally asked Julia why she wasn’t standing up for herself and told her that she was getting all her pay. I think that this is a very good description of social class and point of view. I think that about this article because Julia was from the lower class and a nanny a her mistress was from higher class so Julia didn’t want to talk back, and the mistress did not see why she didn’t talk back because she could.
In Neil Simon’s story “The Governess” social class affected the Mistress by making her have to show confidence when she really wasn’t. Another way that social class affected her was by making her be strict to Julia when she didn’t want to. Even though she wanted to help Julia she felt that she couldn’t because of her social class. I feel that being in a social class makes you act different. For instance you would not expect the same manners from someone in lower class as someone in the higher class. I think this because the people in the social class that they are in don’t want to be looked down on.
In “Up From the Holler” I took the perspective of Della. She grew up
In “The Ninny” by Anton Chekhov i took the view of the nanny Julia. In this story she was sitting down with her mistress to talk about her pay. During this conversation the mistress kept on finding obscure things to pay Julia less. I knew that Julia wanted to argue back that it isn’t fair to take from her pay that much. But Julia felt like she could not argue back or she may lose her job. Then the Mistress finally asked Julia why she wasn’t standing up for herself and told her that she was getting all her pay. I think that this is a very good description of social class and point of view. I think that about this article because Julia was from the lower class and a nanny a her mistress was from higher class so Julia didn’t want to talk back, and the mistress did not see why she didn’t talk back because she could.
In Neil Simon’s story “The Governess” social class affected the Mistress by making her have to show confidence when she really wasn’t. Another way that social class affected her was by making her be strict to Julia when she didn’t want to. Even though she wanted to help Julia she felt that she couldn’t because of her social class. I feel that being in a social class makes you act different. For instance you would not expect the same manners from someone in lower class as someone in the higher class. I think this because the people in the social class that they are in don’t want to be looked down on.
In “Up From the Holler” I took the perspective of Della. She grew up