Inside, while the house stands erect like a top hat while all the other houses around it has collapsed after the bombing, its like a symbol of high society and beautiful, Trevor knows if not for the war, he could be living a rich life, instead, he has to join gangs and his father have to work as a clerk, giving him a hatred for higher class society. ... The gangs, are a group of kids that's living in a below poverty level in a War World II aftermath London, because they are poor, they feel a deep and almost natural hatred for the higher class and took with money, especially Trevor, becaus...

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Even those below the so-called poverty line are willing to trade in their hard earned dollars (much needed for more important things of use-value) for highly regarded clothing labels in an attempt to buy their way into middle class society. ... Veblen's position (1899) was that the upper classes invented fashion to distinguish themselves from those below. ... But with the use of fashion labels, the lower classes are presented with a how to guide of living a rich materialistic lifestyle. ...

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A man who earns his living honestly and through hard work will always be trapped in poverty, but a man who earns his living through lies and cheating will be wealthy. ... He also soon learns that everyone steals from the people below them in the system. ...

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He is a good boy living in a bad neighborhood while surrounded by violence and drugs. ... It is harder if not impossible for poor people living in bad neighborhoods to reach their goals than it is for an upper-middle class person living in a nice suburb. ... When taking the verbal section of the SAT a child from a household making below $10,000 would most probably receive a score of 446 while a child from a home that makes more that $100,000 would most likely to get a score of 559. ... When finishing high school most poor youth need to get a job to maintain living when he/she should be lookin...

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The Working Class There were two historical processes that led to the emergence of the traditional working class were industrialization and urbanization, which resulted in masses of individuals living in cities and doing manual work. ... These white collar workers have more money than those below them on the "social ladder," but less than those above them. ...

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Jurgis would then "slide them into a trap ... and on the floor below they took out these "slunk" calves, and butchered them for meat, and used even the skins of them" (69). ... Jurgis finally makes enough money to get by, and even to enjoy a decent standard of living. ...

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Social Stratification and Social Class The definition of social stratification is the division of people into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige. All nations practice social stratification, and always, the men are put before the women. There are three major systems...

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There were an alarming amount of people living in poverty in London around this time. ... He thinks that he has so risen in the system thus far that "[He] cannot adequately express what pain it give [Him] to think that Estella show any favor to a contemptible, clumsy, sulky booby, so far below the average " (Dickens 310). ... As we all know "Different social classes can be (and were by the classes themselves) distinguished by inequalities in such areas as power, authority, wealth, working and living conditions, life-styles, lifespan, education, religion, and culture " (Cody). ...

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The Upper Middle-Class - Members of the upper-middle class have substantially less wealth and prestige than the upper class, but a higher standard of living than the lower-middle class or working class... - Lower class households are at the greatest risk of falling below the poverty line if a job holder suddenly becomes unemployed. 4. ...

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