Roediger's, "The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class," Roediger reveals a complex connection between nineteenth century white race identity and the development of the American working class. ... He fervently argues that white workers self conceptions were profoundly impacted by a language composed from not only racism, but also a great degree from the growing white workers construction of their own identity (primarily due to the fear of dependency on wage labor). ... This provided the foundation for the, "whiteness," identity formed out of the ...

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In both novels, the two orphans search for their identities and position within society. ... Like Pip, Jane Eyre, in her passage through loneliness, isolation, intense suffering and temptation, asserts her own individuality, forges a sense of identity, and proclaims her freedom and independence of will. ... Somehow, in the course of her life, she has to bring all these things together to form a stable and satisfying sense of her own identity. ... His or her identity would already be established by those around him. In contrast, an orphan lacks his own identity and must journe...

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Consequently, like other socially constructed identities, class is an important category of difference that needs to be addressed. However, unlike other categories of identity, such as race, or ethnicity, class has been largely ignored in American society. ... The working class is made up of people with many "identities" of race, gender, ethnicity, etc. ... Since the civil rights surge of the 1950's, the many strands of identity politics have extended basic rights and improved the lives of many million of women and minorities. ...

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(Egyptian funeral lament) Modern scholars believe that clothing provides a mark of identity, and it is a kind of nonverbal communication. ... For example, in the Merrill Lynch, world's most famous financial institution, employees are expected to dress in a certain fashion on some occasions, demonstrating a cohesive spirit and the bank's unique identity. In turn, this sense of solidarity and identity serves as a key condition for them to observe the dress code. ... This points that our identity is absolutely interdependent with our dress style. ...

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Overall, the poor have identities placed on them by the upper class. ... While it is uncommon, one's identity can be changed; this rarity transpires when Nancy pilfered the identity of middle class women so her voice could be heard when she was searching for Oliver. Oliver repeats Nancy's actions when he stole the identity of a gentleman's son and puts on the clothes Mr. ...

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Marisa's racial identity is the essential theme to the "rags to riches" story. ... I find this fascinating that the outfit she is wearing happens to be spotlessly white, and that a couple jokes were cracked about the difficulty of keeping the outfit clean I believe that this is a symbol of whiteness and white identity. Also, this symbolizes the many cultural, social, and political investments made to keep white identity clean. ...

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The only other time in the film he is given an identity that isn't a job is when he is in jail. ... He is flexible to take on many roles and enjoy the security and identity that each gives him because he is solely defined by his labour. A role that the Factory Worker seems to take on most consistently, one that perfectly illustrates his working class identity, is that of the machine. ...

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Beneath the familiarity of middle-class life, in the opening and closing scenes, and the culture of children's play evident in the adventures in Never Land is the anxiety aroused by the shifts in masculine identity in relation to modern life, including the new technologies of the workplace and the demise of Empire. ... Industrial technologies are not simply tools within the workplace; because they change the terms of work, they inevitably have an impact on the relation of workers to their labour and, hence, on the identities of workers, particularly in terms of redefining class and gender...

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A major theme of The Importance of Being Earnest is John Worthing's search for his own identity. ... John, with Algernon, proceeds to discard the shackles of Victorian society, and create his own identity, as opposed to the one that was imposed on him. ...

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As Hannay worries about the exposure of his identity on the newspaper, he constantly distracts the crofter's wife but the wife seems to find him attractive, while the crofter despises the intimacy between them. ... The newspaper is one of the most crucial props throughout the film because it has the potential to expose Hannay's identity and put him in danger. ...

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We are aware that there are a variety of different types of social groups such as gender, sexuality and race; however social class is the main area in division in people, it informs gender, sexuality and race identities. ... Evidently to the theory, self identity as well as behaviors of individuals can be influenced by the terms used to describe them. ... Furthermore, in relation to "performativity" (Butler, 1993) explains performative discourse, whereby the reiterate statement of "she stinks" highlighted within the case study, shapes Christina's identity. ... Within a school institute or...

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It is the transporter of goods and services, of knowledge and identity. ... Going to an all woman college gives women a sense of unity, self-confidence, identity, and surrounds them with role models that serve as examples that women do matter and can succeed. Individual identities are formed; the focus is on you, the woman, the student, and the individual. ...

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"The Necklace" After reading the short story "The Necklace" it is apparent to me that the author is trying to convey a message to the reader regarding the importance of self identity. Madame Loisel, the main character in the story, was concerned with what other people thought of her. She was...

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But the stark reality is that class structures in America create the very nature of society, setting the hierarchical framework on which every American maintains an identity. This identity is often easily defined by economic standing or material wealth. ...

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., enforcing their identity, language and reign until a little after 1200 B.C.E., when the state collapsed. ... Thus, this kind of social distinction proved the caste identities importance and roles that would follow. ...

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Many people were opposed to the idea of abolishing their country's identity, because of their nationalistic and chauvinistic backgrounds. ... Many of those opposed believed that it was completely wrong to get rid of a country's identity. ...

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It allows people to rise in power or position while still maintaining their original caste identity. It is "an informal and voluntary process that does not involve participants' merging their identities with the caste whose way of life they imitate, nor will the higher jati welcome them to its fold just because they adopted their ways" (Caste). ...

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Jay Gatsby James Gatz is a man who has his mind on only his dreams of returning to the love of his life, and will go to any means necessary to get himself to this goal. The reader comes to know this man as Jay Gatsby, the fabulously wealthy resident of West Egg. From the views of Nick Caraway the ...

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"The Necklace" Everybody wants to be adored by others or better yet, to be envived by others and desiring for the luxuries makes a person unhappy. In "The Necklace", Maupassant describes a woman who makes herself unhappy. Mathilde is unadmirable character. First, she does not appreciate what sh...

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I am the director of the award winning movie Looking for Alibrandi. In this movie I construct a main character called Josie, a teenager who is struggling to find her identity and her place in life. I present the message that sometimes when things don"t turn out the way you want, they can actually tu...

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Louis Gross states, "The American gothic is concerned primarily with exploring personal identity through the roles of family and national history." This definition of the subgenre describes the gothic described in "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner in an impeccable manner. The house's decline...

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" The inclusion of the working-class protagonist in the category of gentleman, which represented "a cultural goal, a mirror of desirable moral and social values" (Gilmore 1) in Victorian England, indicates an ideological shift in the construction of an English identity in Dickens's novels. ...

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The British franchise remained unchanged from fifteenth century until the Great Reform Act of 1832. Although it could be argued that this in itself is enough to earn the epithet Great', in recent years historians have been reluctant to ascribe much significance to the Act. The debate on whether or...

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(1) Marxism is about social, economic, political ideas, and about changing and understanding the world. According to this theory, peoples" actions reflect the culture and society. If we want to understand ourselves, we have to reflect upon our culture, activities, and the society in which we live....

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There are numerous ideas about whether religion acts as a conservative force or as a cause for social change. Some believe that it is a conservative force as it is seen as being traditional and defending moral values and it stabilizes society and preserves things as they are. However there is a para...

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