In every society a separation of social standing is inevitable. What separates the classes may vary, however, there is always a low, middle and superior class in any given society, which of course, rulers/authority remain atop the social ladder. To some, class determines everything. In many societies, class determines the course of one’s life, and relationships within one’s own social standing. Further, those in high standing tend to be very critical of the classes below, specifically the traditions of societies such lower standings. With a preconceived ideology of power and prestige, high class individuals tend to look down upon and sneer towards anyone and any culture beneath them. Even since 1604, citizens of power and upper class show strongly
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King James may be aiming to write about his disgust with the culture of tobacco, but in reality, the separation of classes becomes more distinguishable than the disgust towards the custom itself. King James speaks multiple times of tobacco being adapted from the Indians, an obvious lower status society to the English. When King James makes such claims of the Indians being, as he writes, “barbarous and beastly manners of the wild, godless, and slavish Indians…so vile and stinking of a custom,”. King James is referring to the Indian people while categorizing with such primitive names. Such classification by the king of the Indians shows his discontent with adapting a custom from a culture so less than, in his opinion. King James is showing his mindset of what he believes these humans are; which seems to be nothing more than wild …show more content…
With such separation of classes, society is destined to develop a social understanding of each class, and further an opinion on each classes values. Higher class individuals in power, however, seem to very often have a negative and critical opinion of those below, to a degree in which the actions and values of the higher class are automatically deemed correct and proper, as opposed to the habits of lower class members being deemed less than, “barbaric” and uneducated. In 1604, when tobacco was first introduced by the Indians, King James showed his classist opinions when writing about his hatred towards the habit. The King proves to provoke such separation of the classes, while assuming that the lifestyles of those beneath him will always be less than because of the originating
King James may be aiming to write about his disgust with the culture of tobacco, but in reality, the separation of classes becomes more distinguishable than the disgust towards the custom itself. King James speaks multiple times of tobacco being adapted from the Indians, an obvious lower status society to the English. When King James makes such claims of the Indians being, as he writes, “barbarous and beastly manners of the wild, godless, and slavish Indians…so vile and stinking of a custom,”. King James is referring to the Indian people while categorizing with such primitive names. Such classification by the king of the Indians shows his discontent with adapting a custom from a culture so less than, in his opinion. King James is showing his mindset of what he believes these humans are; which seems to be nothing more than wild …show more content…
With such separation of classes, society is destined to develop a social understanding of each class, and further an opinion on each classes values. Higher class individuals in power, however, seem to very often have a negative and critical opinion of those below, to a degree in which the actions and values of the higher class are automatically deemed correct and proper, as opposed to the habits of lower class members being deemed less than, “barbaric” and uneducated. In 1604, when tobacco was first introduced by the Indians, King James showed his classist opinions when writing about his hatred towards the habit. The King proves to provoke such separation of the classes, while assuming that the lifestyles of those beneath him will always be less than because of the originating