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    Josephine starts year twelve and ends it‚ she falls in love twice with two boys; Jacob Coote and John Barton. Both young men represent two different opposing types of personality‚ social status and primarily; masculinity. John Barton is shown to be gentle and popular and his strong English accent indicates high status. He is serious about his work‚ is the captain of the school and someone that appears to be very attractive to many females. During a scene in the film when he walks into the girl’s school

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    1. Adjudicatory Hearing – The Criminal Justice Today textbook defines the term adjudicatory hearing as “the fact-finding process by which the juvenile court determines whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain the allegations in a petition” (Schmalleger 510). These types of trials are designated for juveniles‚ which are similar in nature to adult trials‚ with notable exceptions. Similarities derive from the fact that the due process rights of children and adults are essentially the same. Essentially

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    and practice. From my understanding‚ status is something that speaks for me and leaves people with a first impression. It might be a stereotypical impression‚ especially for ascribed status‚ but people’s view will vary from time to time‚ based on personal’s behavior. And for achieved status‚ everyone has their own performance‚ which adds variety to this society. It is very essential for each individual to balance between their achieved status and ascribed status so that as a person‚ he can keep his

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    may love her also for her social status of “old money.” Throughout the novel‚ Gatsby makes a name of himself but also tries to be like the “old money” and uses Daisy to do this. While describing Daisy to Nick‚ he “was overwhelmly aware of the youth… and of Daisy‚ gleaming like silver‚ safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor” (Fitzgerald 150). Gatsby wants to fit in‚ but the “old money” will not let him and he becomes more obsessed over the social status that comes with Daisy The audience

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    used for particular purpose. The purpose of the different language is to serve the different types of people. The standard Thai language is used with normal domain or normal people. Another language is used for " High Function" or with the higher status domains such as with the monk and with the King and the Royal family. This kind of language is called " Kam Racha Sap" / /. The difference of the standard Thai language and Kam Racha Sap reflects Thai Society. Hence‚ it is

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    Production and Consumption Reading Report / 2012 Winter/ Fashion Theory/ Prof. Spinelli / Elise Wang Thortein Veblen Dress as an expression of the pecuniary culture Karl Marx The fetishism of the commodity and its secret Peter Braham Fashion: Unpacking a culture production Tim Dant Consuming or living with things?/ Wear it out Reading Report / 2012 Winter/ Fashion Theory/ Prof. Spinelli / Elise Wang/ 2 Intro Arguing against all Forms of Reductionism in accounts of fashion

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    can be enrich one’s life and can cause a shift in social economic status‚ granting one with new opportunities for a sense of belonging. Another critical concept that is evident in ‘Scar’ (2004) by Missy Higgins is that conformity often leads to the redundancy of one’s identity‚ causing self-destruction Paragraph 1 Idea 1 – Text 1 – STAR S – Self fulfilment can enrich one’s life and can cause a shift in social economic status‚ granting one with new opportunities for a sense of belonging. T

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    2. From the set of Act I of Hedda Gabler‚ the readers get a considerably clear depiction of the setting of the play‚ the characters and the mood. The comfortably furnished house reflects both the class status of the Tesmans and their future expectations. In the first act‚ Hedda makes it clear that they plan to move beyond mere comfort to new levels of luxury. Her old piano‚ unsuited for the drawing room decor‚ must be moved into another room‚ to be replaced by a second‚ more elegant piano‚ The entire

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    Aunt Alexandra is repelled at the thought‚ because the Cunninghams are considered to be “white trash.” Scout belongs to a different social status and based on Aunt Alexandra she is not to associate with someone beneath her. This shows social prejudice‚ because Aunt Alexandra displays negative attitude to the Cunningham family based on their social status. If the Cunninghams weren’t a lower class Aunt Alexandra wouldn’t bother‚ but of course she does. It seems that in this world being yourself

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    is observed. Moreover‚ in a social stratification an equal opportunity for social mobility is given in each individual. Social Mobility pertains to the movement of a person from a social status to another social status. This movement can be either upward or downward‚ depending on whether people rise to higher status or fall to lower ones. Intergenerational mobility is one of the focuses of the study of sociologist. Intergenerational mobility is the upward or downward movement of the hierarchy by the

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