Social classes

itself a major player in the world economy. How did it become a civilization? There are 7 characteristics that a group of people need in order to be considered a civilization. They are: An urban focus, new political and military structures, a new social structure based on economic power, the development of more complexity in a material sense, a distinct religious structure, the development of writing, new and significant artistic and intellectual activity. China has accomplished all seven of…

Harper Lee addresses many different social classes in To Kill a Mockingbird. The definition of social class is a division of society based on social and economic status. In the book, Harper Lee helps readers to understand life in the south during the 1930s. Again and again she opens the readers’ eyes to the strife between white and black citizens, the division of the have and have-nots. Along with the way a community perceives man that is different from themselves. Harper Lee shows readers…

Social Classes My oral presentation was about the social classes in Persepolis compared to The Kite Runner. Since social organization is an element of culture, social classes are significant to fully understanding the culture of a country. And thus, researching and presenting information about social classes developed my understanding of cultural elements. For example, I learned about how different social classes in Persepolis and The Kite Runner impacted the cultures of Iran and Afghanistan.…

The emphasis on social justice in all of my TLC classes has taught me a new level of tolerance and understanding for others. I now know how incredibly wrong it is to judge someone based off of socioeconomic class, race, ability, sexuality, etc. But, I also know that everyone, whether it be subconsciously or not, has been guilty of judging or discriminating against someone at some point in their life, and most everyone will be guilty of it many times more. It is inevitable. We are socialized…

English society began to see an emergence of new social classes. “…Elizabethan England created a middle class who were not exclusively urban, yet as industry and trade tended more and more to concentrate in thickly populated areas” (Marvel 74). The new middle class began to develop a new urban way of life…

sometimes only covered a little bit of their body. Instead of cotton, their rule was to wear Maguey clothing. Slaves wore lioncloth, which was also worn by the common people. The lioncloth was made from a long strip of cloth tied in the front. If your social status was higher, then it might have had some decorations on it. The men wore a cloak, that came from a triangle-shaped cloth called the tilmatli or tilma. It can be worn like an apron that carries things, or like a cloak. The women wore…

When a person feels ill, they may feel discomfort, pain, and depression, for instance, everybody knows when they have a cough and cold, but the remedies identified to make them feel better will vary, especially between social classes. The chosen remedy will depend on which social class and cultural attitudes they identify with at that particular time. Is it the healthcare practitioner, who has studied for many years and gained enough practical experience to provide appropriate medical treatment,…

Gonzalez 1 Hamid R. Gonzalez Santiago English 10th Professor Sephora Quintana April 9, 2015 The role of social classes in Great Gatsby 1920 Great Gatsby takes place during the early 1920 a time that was later called “the roaring twenties”. American society went through many changes during the 1920.The United States became an urban society, with more than half of the population living in cities. In addition…

In the medieval times there was social classes. There was three main social classes which were: nobility, middle class, and low class. You couldn’t change your social class in these times, you was born into your rank. In “A Knight’s Tale” it shows the the social ranks and it also showed things that you wasn’t allowed to do or say. The Nobility class was the highest and had the most power besides the king. Their power was hereditary which means it was from blood relations. The…

People that lived during the Gilded Age experienced fierce divisions which caused distinct social classes. The poorest of these classes was the working class, consisting of society’s labor force. Despite working an average of 70-80 hours a week, most members of the working class “lived in constant poverty and economic insecurity” (1). It was common for families or single working men to live in dark apartments and overcrowded tenement houses. The driving factors behind the harsh living conditions…