Social Class Essays

“New South Wales has a life of its own now, beyond any intention that any man – The Governor, even the King himself – might have. ” Explain with reference to the text the life and the values that you believe had been established in the new colony from your reading of Secret River. Many […]

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines dynasty as a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time. In the Philippines, according to a research by the Center for People Empowerment and Governance, we have about 250 political families who have dominated Philippine politics at the national and local level. This is 0. 00001667 […]

The root of Caribbean Society and Culture is on the plantation. Mustapha (2009) posits that “The plantation played the principal role in the development of Caribbean culture. ” Indeed there are remnants of Plantation Society in present Caribbean, especially if one examines our class system. According to www. capesociology. org (n. d) “Academics contend that […]

To other people around the world, everyday life of Americans may seem luxurious. Americans wake up, go to their jobs, go home to their families, and then go to bed. Americans tend to complain about how hard life is, however, some Americans have reason to gripe because they are facing extreme financial issues and even […]

The Victorian period is one of the most popular eras studied and is well known for many things; from fashion to inventions, to the Industrial revolution to their education. Despite how much people like to think that they differ from them drastically, so much of our modern society depends on what they first created and […]

Social class, although somewhat illusive in meaning, is one of the most important conceptual discussions among sociologists. Developed in the mid-eighteenth century, originally class was a process to categorize animals, plants, and any natural event not promoted by humans, such as rain, or volcanic action (Nesbit, 2005). However, a French group of intellects called Encylopedistes […]

Throughout this essay , I will be looking at the theme of social class in Jane Austen’s work ; critically analysed by Juliet McMaster, a chapter taken from ‘The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen’, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster. Jane Austen’s novels at first glance tell a story of romance, set within the […]

At the later nineteenth century many social and economical ideas were developed because of the past revolutions and the present conflict of individuals and organised assemblies. Capitalism, one of these ideas, leads bourgeoisie to dream of a capitalist society in order to advance their maintain lifestyle and gain wealth. This economic system which is dominated […]

In the American small town tradition, the places where people work not only provide them with the means to live their life, but in many ways define their lives as well. What one does for a significant portion of their waking hours helps to form their identity, their sense of self worth, and their dignity. […]

Explain what is meant by ‘upwardly mobile’. Being ‘upwardly mobile’ can relate to either a person or a social group whereby they are moving or aspiring to move to a superior social class or to a position of elevated status and/ or power, usually in a job. Suggest 3 criticisms of ‘new vocationalism’. The main […]

In this essay, we will be looking at the effect that different socio-economic factors have on educational achievement in schools. It is a fact that girls out-perform boys at every level from SATS to A-Level, making them more likely to move on to higher education. This year, the gap in gender achievement was at a […]

Hardy portrays Angel’s rejection of Tess in a number of different ways. At the start of chapter 34 Angel makes the mistake of choosing an old d’Urberville mansion for their honeymoon. Tess is upset by the choice as it suggests that all will not be well. ‘Welcome to your ancestral mansion,’ is perceived being a […]

Priestley’s main aim within “An Inspector Calls”, is to express his political and moral values by using the characters and situations to convey the inequalities of society. He emphasises the importance of collective responsibility to show how our actions affect those around us and demonstrate that we are all responsible for each other. Priestley’s attitudes […]

Priestly shapes the audience’s expectations for the rest of the play, initially making the setting a family dining room of an industrial businessman on a Spring evening in 1912. The family have all sat together to have dinner and celebrate the engagement of their daughter with Gerald, son of Lady Croft. The tensions between the […]

The first few pages of “Miss Julie” reveals a few aspects of the characters of Jean and Miss Julie, it foreshadows the events that may happen later on in the play and it reveals the gender and class discrimination. The theme of class discrimination and rigidity is shown in the play. The setting of the […]

Eva Hoffman’s book Lost in Translation recounts her exile in Canada and the emotional turmoil she experienced leaving her beloved hometown of Cracow. The narrative spans from 1957 to 1959, during Poland’s Communist regime liberalization. Through this autobiographical work, Hoffman aims to convey the essence of her forced departure from a joyful and familiar life […]

Top Girls by Caryl Churchill dramatises contemporary life in 1980s Britain depicting a time of change and shifting priorities and expectations as far as women were concerned within society. The period was characterised by Britain’s first female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Yet unlike the country’s political agenda, Theatre was not driven by a female force. […]

This article seeks to explain the ethnicity of the Sarawakian Melanau, specifically those living in Mukah, Sarawak. To understand a particular society, one must interpret its customs, behavior, traditions, and cultural heritage according to its own worldview. A successful researcher and interpreter should remain neutral in studying the society. The Kaul Festival is of interest […]

Chartism was a campaign in support of a people’s charter it came about in 1838. Its main demand was a vote for all men and was launched by a radical group known as London Working Men’s Association (LWMA) and some radical MPs. It was supported by working classes and some middle classes. The Chartism movement […]

Family values were so important to the middle class because as a class they wanted to be better than the other classes in society. It was the only thing that united them. In the late eighteenth century and the early nineteenth century it was a time of industrialisation. The middle class was establishing itself as […]

Reading Class Struggle in Africa Kwame Nkrumah’s writing reads like a text book designed to inform any learner of African studies. Whether the learners are the African workers and peasants to whom the book is dedicated, African pupils or international scholars such as Spelman ADW undergraduates they gain a clear understanding of class struggle in […]

“It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but on the contrary their social being that determines their consciousness. ” (Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy). Marx believed that being born in one social class determined one’s thoughts and actions. Marx also was adamant that conflict was caused by […]