Essays on Social Class

Social class refers to the hierarchical categorization of individuals within a society based on a number of variables including wealth, income, education, occupation, and social network. While there are a number of models describing social class, the most commonly known model includes the upper-class, the...

Social classes are an inevitable part of society. Without social classes society would be insane without laws or political leaders, people would not live in a civilized manner without them. When there aren’t social classes people fight for a certain place in society, such as...

The level of education one has stems from where, when, and who they grew up around. There are many studies one could reference to see that the education levels among different social classes differ tremendously, with wealthier people more likely to have obtained at least...

The video of Nickel and Dime was based on a book by the writer Barbara Ehrenreich and researching her bibliography I found an interesting thing that the author of the book was unfairly accused of being crazy for allegedly writing Marxist ravings or trying to...

“Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.” Samuel Johnson. Women, who share the same social class, can have different outcomes...

In this assignment, I am going to be discussing the acknowledgement of social class and its relation to popular culture. Firstly, to begin with according to Augustyn (2019), “Social class, also called class, a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic...

The 1868 novel Little Women is not only a heartwarming and heartbreaking story set in the midst of the Civil War, but also a series of veiled narratives of the life of the author, Louisa May Alcott. The story coincides with many of the economic...

Society Mark Twain’s novels The Prince and the Pauper and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer tells the fictional story of young boys in a real society that existed. In The Prince and the Pauper, the pauper, Tom Canty, and the prince, Edward Tutor, exchanges roles...

In a hot, 1950s jury room overlooking the financial district of a city, tensions arise as 12 jurors must decide the verdict for a boy accused of murdering his father. In Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men, the equilibrium between the social classes in the courtroom...

Poverty is a very common social issue that affects millions worldwide. No matter one’s income, unemployment or not, there will always be people who are homeless or hungry. Despite living in one of the richest countries in the world, the United States still struggles with...

In modern day society we are led to believe that we are free to have our own opinions and be free. That our social class doesn’t matter and isn’t a factor towards our destiny. The Marxist Theory expolist the idea that we are all in...

The idea of social class and socio-economic status being related to race/ethnicity can be demonstrated using several examples. This essay will discuss topics such as; the criminalisation of racial and ethnic groups and the discrimination of certain ethnic-minority groups, such as in housing. It will...

Inclusive education has a broad definition that is not complex to understand, it is broad so that professionals are able to implement their own type of inclusion policies and procedures. Children spend most of their life in school and other educational settings, so it is...

We live in a world where how much you earn will determine your place in society. The short story “The Stolen Party” by Liliana Heker gives a perfect example of this important issue. The main theme in this story is classism. More specifically, classism is...

Some Americans perceive success differently than how others believe success to be. For some, success is having higher education, getting a high paying job, and being able to take a relaxing vacation. For others, they believe success to being just financially stable enough to afford...

This essay will consider the current social stratification in Britain and its consequences to society. The impact of cultural differences will also be considered. I will then focus on social class according to conflict theories as well as the opposing consensus approach. My view is...

According to Marx and Engels, “the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles”. The oppressor and oppressed standing in constant opposition to one another, in an uninterrupted fight, one that each time ended either in a revolution of society at...

Written in 1912 by George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion is set in the early 20th century, at the end of the Victorian era in England. This time period is greatly characterized by a particular movement of social reform, alluding to Shaw’s interest in the theme of...

Marx defines the “underclass” as a social group, conscious of itself, that is being oppressed and exploited by the ruling class and thus possesses a common hostility towards this higher class. This concept is reflected in various literature from throughout history and can also be...

Caste System It is believed that if one has a good life, following good karma and dharma, then they will be paid by being reincarnated as a person in the next highest level in the Caste System. However, if one is evil during their life,...

When people think of the Civil War, they tend to polarize it as the North versus the South, or as a fight between freedom and slavery. In reality, the Civil War was much more complex than simply two sides battling over a single cause. Historian’s...

Samuel Richardson’s Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded and William Godwin’s Caleb Williams are both novels that deal with the influence of social hierarchy on the characters’ psychologies. In Caleb Williams, the protagonist is a young man who learns the horrifying truth about his master (Squire Falkland)...

Society is divided and stratified by race, gender, sexuality, as well as by class. This stratification is everlasting, generating and repeating, usually leading to inequality. In a rapid and modernised society, social class is an important aspect to be discussed about. In this essay, I...

Social control refers to methods used to control the population into behaving in a way that conforms with the ideas of those in power in a way that is manageable for those people in power to sustain and control. There are many different agencies that...

Economic inequality is a result of the large gap between social classes. The novels, Poor Things by Alasdair Gray and Dreams of my Russian Summers by Andrei Makine, portray a distinction between the wealthy and the poor and how it impacts different characters’ lives and...

Society uses music to distract themselves and ignore the world around them. Students tend to plug in his or her headphones during class to cancel out the noise his or her classmates and or teacher is making, allowing to focus only on the task at...

More often than not, human is required to look after each other in times of crisis. However, this role changes at an individual level where some feel that this should not be termed as a responsibility but an act of will. This brings about the...

This assignment will explore the theoretical frameworks and how they can be used to analyse social class which is my chosen category of social identity. It will also explore how social class intersections with other social identities. I have chosen this topic as I believe...

First performed in 1728, The Beggar’s Opera is exceptional for its focus on the lower classes. The playwright, John Gay, used this focus for a particular social and political reason: to criticize the lower and upper classes in order to elevate the middle. Being disenchanted...

The societal structure of eighteenth century London was grounded in rigid class hierarchies. In Burney’s novel Evelina, the title character is born as an illegitimate child without a name because her father refuses to accept her. This situates Evelina at a particularly difficult intersection of...