Money And Social Class Analysis

The Oxford English Dictionary defines social class as: “people having the same social, economic, or educational status” (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/social+class). One of the first things people wonder about when they are introduced to someone new is what kind of job they have and how much money they make. We as humans like to judge others; we like to see how we can improve ourselves by looking at other people and what they are doing and we like to see if we can be successful like them, or to see how to not be like them if they are not very successful. Money is power: most things in life can be bought with money. Money determines economic and social class, which then determines behavior. I am arguing that wealth and social class determine …show more content…
The job someone has deals with how much money that person makes due to the job. It could be said that someone working in a law firm is in a higher social class than someone who would be working at a fast food restaurant due to the difference in money that both employees would be earning. Class is central to the overriding marriage concerns that govern society at large, as well as the bulk of the novel 's main characters. Money and class definitely create boundaries. This is shown in chapter in a book titled “A Victorian Literature & Culture” by Herbert F. Tucker when he is talking about the nation coming together as one: “What the exhibition represented was the ascendancy of a middle-class economic and cultural platform, masquerading as a great national expression, over the previously dominant ‘agricultural interest’ of landed classes” (Buzard 452). Buzard is saying that middle class people- those who had a good job and were able to support their family with their means, were dominating society. They were the ones who people looked up to, besides the wealthy of course. I am assuming that the “agricultural interest” is talking about the people of lower class in society and that these are the farmers who had to work and grow and sweat for their living and they were still not guaranteed to make ends meet because their crops were not always perfect or there could have been a drought, bugs could have eaten the …show more content…
I think that someone who carries themselves well and has high confidence and goes after what they want, like wealth, is more independent and is more attractive to be around. We are just attracted to someone who works hard and who sets a good example. However, it is very unattractive and annoying to have someone who is not independent with their funds, like Isabelle. There is a scene in the novel where Captain Tilney comes over to sit with Catherine and Isabelle and he has a conversation with Isabelle about how her heart is not independent. I think that this means that Isabelle does not think for herself and she just follows what she wants instead of what she needs. If she wants a new dress for the ball, she’s going to get it even if she needs something more important like food. She just wants to look like she is the best and to be able to act like she is the best because looking like she has money is the most important thing to her because she wants to be in that upper class society so that she can marry someone who has money so she does not have to work for herself. We as humans thrive off having money whether we need money to pay bills or we need it to buy the new BMW convertible we have always dreamed of. We judge others based on the clothes they