Social status

elements that comprise status groups are lifestyles or “the set of conventions and traditions that they have” (Hurst 69). Next is their inclination to marry within their own respective ranks in their group. In addition to that, they overwhelmingly stress the action of interacting intimately with only people that reside within their status group. Moreover, they also characterize themselves by frequent monopolization of economic opportunities, or reassuring their social dominance by persuading their members to buy fancy cars/luxurious homes in specific neighborhoods to solidify their status and standing. Finally, they have “emphasis on ownership of certain types of possessions rather than others” (Hurst 69). An example of lifestyle…

I never considered the actuality of my status or social construction. Upon further analysis and class discussions, I came into recognition of my own social placement. Due to my humble upbringing and simplistic lifestyle, the appropriate category for my social class would be in the lower middle area. Recalling my childhood inevitably brings up the scene of the rich upturned garden soil I tread on during the lush floral spring around what I liked to call my “big brown house.” Which at the time,…

Do people ever think how does social status affect how others look at the world today? In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton it shows the point of view of low social status views.All people have their own domains of society many parts should be taken into consideration of how they are looked at. Life is vast with lots of people, most people are judged by their peers just like how books are judged by their covers. Social status is what corrupts the world today, the breaking point is what…

Richard Martinez Eng102 32255 Professor Beecham 28 October 2017 Atonement Social class has been important in every culture to determine the roles that people are allowed to take. The social status of a person often decides what opportunities some people have the to take. Robbie Turner is a low-class person living in the house of a family with very high social status. Although Robbie Turner is a lower class man, he is noble in his ability to use his intelligence and social skills to make the…

The value of status honor in this still rather new and somewhat nebulous community built on social media is the fact that people have used social media like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc, to "boost" up their social status and used these easy route to successes even though they weren 't born with a high social class. But still gain the status through the use of the social media according to through their actions to gain popularity or be "known" to the users who uses social media. Status honor…

My ascribed social statuses are that I am a brown skin 20 year old Hispanic female. My achieved social status is that I am a psychology major in my second year of college. Based on my social status I have a sum of expected behaviors or roles I should practice like studying for my classes, paying for my bills as a 20 year old should, speaking fluent Spanish, and social extrovert. However in many of my social statues I have some role conflict. For being a shade darker people believe that I should…

Social status and Rank played pivotal roles in the lives of people during the time period of Medieval England, it was very important. Only certain people were allowed to do certain things. The movie “A Knight’s Tale”, portrayed some of the privileges and things people could and could not do. William Thatcher (the main character) was not allowed to become a knight, The female blacksmith was treated differently than others, and Prince Edwards had a lot of power. If you were not of a certain social…

black people. I realized now that although I was similar in color my social status was different which allowed me to have different experiences. During my time at the all black school my I was still had middle class social status. The predominately black neighborhood I moved to was working lower class. Their experiences on what it meant to be black differed from mine which is why they did not consider me black. I reflected on my views of being black as the better…

Social rank and status have many effects in Medieval life. The rank you are born into will basically lay out your whole life. It will decide what you do for a living, how much income you will make, and the kinds of people you talk to. Your rank gives you a job, and a social class, meaning that your rank is very important to not only your life, but also your family's life and this is represented in a few different ways throughout The Knight’s Tale. William in the Knight’s Tale is born into a…

Social status is simply the rank of an individual or group within society, determined by one 's prestige. This basic sociological idea appears to be straightforward, with many perceiving it as if I have this, whether it be wealth or honor, I will rise about the value of others in society. Already complexity has found its way into this issue, as the one 's social status can be determined in two ways which were stated above, by inheriting one 's position, known as ascribed status, or by achieved…