Friday, May 27, 2011
Social Class
In Persepolis I have noticed how there is a definite difference in social classes. Marji's family has money, they are wealthy. They have a maid and her father drives a Cadillac. The maid is talking to a boy that lives next door, but the boy doesn't know that she is the family's maid. When he finds out he doesn't want anything to do with her anymore. This made me think: how often do people change how they feel because of social class? I don't think that it is right. Feelings don't change because of how much money someone has or doesn't. Though you may force them to change because you are scared of change. I know there is no way of stopping the segregation of social class; there will always be people that have more money than someone else, but think of all the things you could learn from that person that may be less fortunate than you. You have had struggles and they have too, you can always learn from someone and benefit from their mistakes. Social class does have a large impact on someones life, but deep down it doesn't change who they are.
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I think that the truly shallow people are the ones who discriminate based on social class. Everyone is a human, and we should all be treated the same. Unfortunately, in modern culture, it seems like once someone has more money they see themselves as higher than the rest and society encourages this mindset.
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