Breaking The Barrier Between Classes Analysis

Breaking the Barrier Between Classes Throughout time and our own lives we have witnessed the negative social consequences due to class inequality. Financial situations should not define a person and yet, being the critical humans we are, this usually ends up in contributing to our overall thoughts of others. If we allowed ourselves to disregard this and think of people based on their qualities and personality in spite of everything else, maybe we would create more positive relationships. In the book Ghost by Jason Reynolds, the author sheds light onto social classes by using the character’s experiences to connect and bond people together despite of their economic status and differences. Some may argue that the author doesn’t portray social classes positively due to the harsh nature of their experiences being more to discourage the idea of people being able to relate to one another through differing economic situations. In the book, one of the richest kids on the track team, Sunny, shares his secret that his father forces him to run because of the death of his mother. Sunny “hated it at first,” ( Reynolds 129) but “feels like [he] can somehow connect to [his mom] this way.” (Reynolds 129) Sunny not only can connect to …show more content…
Almost the cliché don’t judge a book by it’s cover line. And yet it is deeper. They show us differing relations between characters who have different backgrounds and situations. Sunny was rich and Castle was poor yet they still were able to bond. We should be able to do the same. Find out who a person truly is and get to know them. We can only control who we are on the inside and nothing else. We must make the best decisions for ourselves, and relationships and friends will follow. This applies to all social interactions. Never decide who a person is just by the exterior and truly try to see who they are and strong connections will be formed between the people you