said “literature is an expression of society”‚ means a society wanted or not have to reflect and express their life‚ (1990: 110). Douglass’s Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass reflects and expresses his life as the black man‚ as the second class in social classes of society at that time. He wrote his masterpiece of his journey of life as a slave. Douglass’s Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass showed of social classes at that time and the cruelty effect. Social classes or social stratification
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resources. The status of women was also another social issue that occurred as a result of the industrial revolution. Before the industrial revolution‚ women were considered equal to men. However‚ after the revolution women were given less skilled and lower paying jobs along with maintaining their roles as housewives. They were still expected to handle all house work such as preparing meals‚ taking care of the children‚ and keeping the home clean. Women also had no political or social rights outside their
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of the American Revolution. Conservative group only interpreted that American Revolution is the revolution of Independence from the settlement of Britain. For Progressive camp has another point of view that is democratic civil revolution by lower middle class people in that period. Progressive historian‚ Carl L.Becker summed up his dual revolution in a striking phrase “Question of home rule and question..of who should rule at home.(131)” So nowadays‚ historians compromised points of view of American
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society. It focuses around Pechorin‚ a member of the upper class. Prior to writing the novel‚ the author had some problems with the government of Russia (members of the upper class) regarding his hero‚ Alexander Pushkin. Since this‚ his respect for the upper class was diminished. Lermontov uses the attitudes of other characters towards Pechorin to display how the lower class unjustly perceives the upper class as heroes‚ while the middle class sees them for what they are. The first member of Russian
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greatest gap between rich and poor” (Hays 2003: 121)‚ the concentration of wealth at the top has a negative trickle-down effect on the wider economy as well as on individual family lives. Although middle-class families face multiple challenges when raising children‚ the situation is far worse for lower-class families. There seems to be a misunderstanding and a policy disconnect between the ideological conceptions of what poor families need and their actual needs based on their living conditions. (Hays
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Sammy: A Dynamic Character in John Updike’s "A&P" In John Updike’s "A&P"‚ the main character‚ Sammy‚ becomes the story’s narrator. Sammy is a typical nineteen-year-old man‚ working a boring‚ dead end job as a grocery store cashier in a lower middle class town. His only role models are Stokesie‚ a twenty-two year-old man doing the same job as Sammy‚ trying to support a family‚ and Lengel‚ his manager‚ who most likely some years earlier held the same occupation. The entrance of the beautiful Queenie
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Identify differences between popular recreations in pre-industrial Britain and rational recreation in post-industrial Britain. Explain why the changes occurred. Discuss the influence of social class and gender on participation in sports and pastimes in both pre-industrial and post-industrial Britain. [20] Indicative content Sub sub-max 5 comparison of Sub sub-max 5 Popular Recreation & Rational Recreation Explanation of Differences 1. Local Regional / national / international
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people of Australia were categorised into social classes. These being lower‚ middle and upper classes. People’s housing‚ working conditions and lifestyles depended on which social class people are in. The housing of the lower class was dangerous‚ unsanitary and overcrowded. They consisted of clusters of small built houses along factories‚ which caused health problems for many people. The homes and the backyards of the middle and upper classes tended to have large ad spacious houses. And the residents
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This kind of imitation will internalize concept of social classes. This class is called bourgeois hegemony‚ which is also known as the middle class hegemony produces unique consumer behavior. Starbucks‚ for instant‚ is a bourgeois hegemony. In short‚ the high classes who own implements of production means those owners‚ bosses‚ managers of a company. They possess whole enterprise and distribute operating profit into the working class. The habits and customs of the high classes create a taste of life;
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relating to the Revolution were the changing class system‚ working conditions‚ the family dynamic and the education system. All of these subjects underwent major transformations during the years of the revolution. Many examples of these transitions appear in “David Copperfield”. One of the biggest social changes seen throughout the Industrial Revolution‚ happened within the class system. “No one disputes that the landed aristocracy and the new middle class (industrial entrepreneurs‚ merchants and
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