She is just one of the many that has learned the hard way that class is not easy at all to move up in this place we fondly call the "land of opportunity." ... Class determines the place a person will work, the amount or quality of their education, and the health of the people we love. ... Despite our own personal efforts, mobility through the classes is mainly based on a persons status, and overcoming the "labels", such as the ones discussed in Herbert Gans" book The War Against the Poor, that go with a persons status makes mobility extremely hard if not nearly impossible. ... Thes...

• Word Count: 1278
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He became so captivated by his own reflection, that he sat looking at himself until he died and a small flower grew in his place. ... The Secret daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, is a book that compares the treatments of females in two different families - one in India and one in America. The book begins with the unforgettable birth of a baby girl named Usha in a remote Indian village on the eve of monsoon. ... Somer, an American woman who adopts Usha (they call her Asha) after the discovering that she can never have children of her own.  ... Griet's situation made me aware of a simila...

• Word Count: 1988
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School