But it semained practically the only one of the period Accounts of travelers, English and foreign, show London to have been dirty and harmful, lacking the common amenities, a city of violent contrast between luxury and elegance and poverty and inglincss, and above all of great disturbances... The big provincial towns were like London but with less wealth and more poverty, more despair, less social order, more disease, but, like London, full of opportunity for men tough temperament, endless vigoure to acquire the modest affluence necessary to enter the demi-paradise of comfort and ease which th...

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An old woman endures a long journey to get medicine for her grandson. The journey itself is symbolic. Phoenix endures many obstacles throughout her journey. "Seem like there is chains about my feet, time I get this far" (Welty paragraph 5) She is describing her weakness and how hard it is for her to...

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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. ... For instance, Cynthia Nellis (2003) describes a woman who is all business on the outside, but all woman on the inside by wearing a business suit lined with lace. ...

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Kings tended to make "laws, attempt to remove poverty from the Kingdom and take care of the citizens in his kingdom" ("Social Classes in the Middle Ages"). ... Nobility was second in line as to hierarchy right after Royalty. ...

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Many of Americans today do not take the time to realize that our nation is little by little falling apart. Our leaders are corrupt, our environment is being destroyed, and there are thousands of children being born each day. The three major social problems facing the American citizens in the 21st ...

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He would argue that poverty, race, or broken families had nothing to do with crime. ... After not being able to secure a line of work Pud took matters into his own hands and began looting and breaking into many places to take care of his needs. ...

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The fine line dividing acceptable business practices from fraud illustrates how the crime of business executives are less `criminalised` than the burglaries or robberies of lower class offenders. ... According to Marxist, crime is a product of poverty, Marx sees society as dominated and controlled by those who own the `commanding heights` of industry, commerce and finance. ...

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