When I was reading “The Saints and the Roughnecks” by William J. Chambliss, I found it surprisingly revealing because the discrepancy between the two groups in a completely different social background suggests that the society tends to favor the upper class with brighter future rather than those are always in the darker side. However, based on the author’s observation over the two groups, (the Saints and the Roughnecks), I felt that in today’s society most of the people tend to believe the assumption of what they see is the truth without an in-depth understanding of the object.
The teachers, the police officers, and the community as a whole have labeled the Saints as the “good boys” or “smart kids” despite the fact that they are secretly …show more content…
No one ever finds out their delinquencies (wild drunk driving, stealing, speeding, etc.) because the Saints were rich, popular, smart, and have good reputation. Even though once in a while the adults notice the some problems, “when this happened the boys were always polite, contrite and pled for mercy. As in school, they received the mercy they asked for.” No one would consider the Saints as “tough boys” because they know how to play innocence. It seems that the upper class people like the Saints have the ability to manipulate how the rest of the world would think of them. Giving the impression that they’re always good prevents them for being punish for their delinquent …show more content…
However, I think the poor in generally get noticed for their crimes more easily because they don’t have the recourses to cover their crimes and do not have the power to escape. For example, the wealthy group, the Saints, drink and act wild indoor in a place where nobody knows them or sometimes they’re in a car driving in crazy speed that no one can spot them. In contrast, the Roughnecks are always stuck at the same corner in the town where police would come occasionally to threaten them because they don’t have the money and materials to travel far. “‘Too bad,’ people said, ‘Too bad that these boys couldn’t behave like the other kids in town, stay out of trouble, be polite to adults, and look to their future.’” It seems to me that the lower classes have always been looked down upon by the society in general. Before reading this article, I never realize the standard of justice between the rich and the poor can be completely
The teachers, the police officers, and the community as a whole have labeled the Saints as the “good boys” or “smart kids” despite the fact that they are secretly …show more content…
No one ever finds out their delinquencies (wild drunk driving, stealing, speeding, etc.) because the Saints were rich, popular, smart, and have good reputation. Even though once in a while the adults notice the some problems, “when this happened the boys were always polite, contrite and pled for mercy. As in school, they received the mercy they asked for.” No one would consider the Saints as “tough boys” because they know how to play innocence. It seems that the upper class people like the Saints have the ability to manipulate how the rest of the world would think of them. Giving the impression that they’re always good prevents them for being punish for their delinquent …show more content…
However, I think the poor in generally get noticed for their crimes more easily because they don’t have the recourses to cover their crimes and do not have the power to escape. For example, the wealthy group, the Saints, drink and act wild indoor in a place where nobody knows them or sometimes they’re in a car driving in crazy speed that no one can spot them. In contrast, the Roughnecks are always stuck at the same corner in the town where police would come occasionally to threaten them because they don’t have the money and materials to travel far. “‘Too bad,’ people said, ‘Too bad that these boys couldn’t behave like the other kids in town, stay out of trouble, be polite to adults, and look to their future.’” It seems to me that the lower classes have always been looked down upon by the society in general. Before reading this article, I never realize the standard of justice between the rich and the poor can be completely