Essay On Middle Class Corruption

Corruption between social classes can be very different from each other. For the upper class, they will always want more money, even though they have enough. The middle class corruption is based off what they cannot have, and never be able to get. People in the middle class worry too much about money and the way they live their life day in and day out, which begins to make them a little psychotic. This craziness also makes the people of the middle class become very vulgar as well. There are a few works of famous literature and film that can show how this corruption can turn into craziness and vulgarity. Middle class corruption starts with what people want but they cannot have. “Although they lived in style, they felt always an anxiety in the house. There was never enough money.”(Lawrence). This family in “Rocking Horse Winner,” never made enough money to live a lavished lifestyle, but they used whatever they have to buy expensive things. Instead of using that money for necessities, they would rather buy luxuries. Middle class corruption begins when members of the family realized they can never be rich, and it …show more content…
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