Priestley uses a range of language and theatrical devices to criticise the selfishness of people such as the Birling family. To begin with, Birling shows his lack of understanding and disrespect for the working class. This is show. When he says, "If you don't come down sharply on some of these people, they'd soon be asking for the Earth." This shows a lack of compassion by Birling, as he only cares about his wealth and status, and the profits he can gain from his factories.
Tom and Daisy live in East Egg, and they represent shallowness, greed and superficiality. East eggers lack the most morals because they are corrupted by the American Dream. Fitzgerald did this on purpose to express his criticism of the American Dream, by showing how it negatively affected people. Finally, The Valley of Ashes which stretched between West Egg and New York City. This represented the lower class, but on a broader view it symbolized where society was headed from an unchecked pursuit of wealth.
Gatsby’s wealth failed to provide him with the things he wanted most: Daisy, social acceptance, and friendship. Scott Fitzgerald also shows us more examples of how wealth cant buy happiness by showing us Myrtle’s affair with Tom Buchanan. Another example of how wealth has made some people unhappy is Tom, who is only interested in money and he is unfaithful to his wife, Daisy. Scott Fitzgerald also shows us how cruel money can be and the negative consequences it could bring by being very descriptive about Myrtle’s
In this quote when Gatsby asks “Do you like it” its almost like he asking “You like it right, its big enough?”, which shows that he thinks that all Daisy wants is money, so her goals are corrupted. “He’s the man who fixes the World Series back in 1919”(73). This quotes shows that Meyer’s goals are so focused on money that he throws all his morals against cheating away. The result of the Corruption of the American Dream is that motivation to get someone’s dream is gone and they’re just left with empty goals. This is shown when Daisy says “ Do you always watch for the longest day of the year… I always watch… and miss it”(11).
Everything he wants, he seems to hate at the same time. Case in point take Gatsby, he detests Gatsby in the fact that he hates the lifestyle he lives, but would love to have the wealth and power that his friend has.
28) In this confrontation the difference between the social classes are shown. It shows how Tom looks down on gorge just because he is poor, and how Tom thinks that because he has a higher social status and because he is rich has the power to treat him badly. Tom’s self center and prepotent attitude is shown in the dialogue, and thus representing the moral and social decay that the wealthy people had due to their excesses. In conclusion Fitzgerald exclude the middle class as a critique to the extremes in the social classes, because he wanted to show the contrast between them and the repercussions the social class had on the characters. Through the novel the duality between the rich and the poor is always present, and the effects of the extremes and the insatiable aim of wealth is represented by the valley of ashes.
Holden explores the concept of relationships through the similar attitudes displayed towards popular society and his repulsion of their values. Holden is seen throughout the novel to have difficulty accepting people due to their pretentious nature and expresses this through the constant use of the word “phony.” “…very phony, Ivy League voices, one of those very tried, snobby voices” this quote by Holden displays his criticism of middle to upper class America. Holden’s relationship with his own parents is one that he deems
Cohen argues that Working class boys are often at the bottom of the status hierarchy because of failing the opportunity structure of education and the inability to get a good job. He argues that due to this they feel alienated from main stream society and therefore join like-minded males and invert society’s norms and values. For example steal as they know it’s against society’s norms and values. Cohen stresses that this is all because they are suffering from status frustration as their opportunities are blocked hence why they consequently reject middle class values by forming a delinquent subculture. Therefore in Cohen’s opinion crime and deviance is the product of status frustration.
The sole purpose of ripping people off for their money by taking advantage of their poor economic status is immoral. This drives Rodion to develop a deep hatred for Alyona. In part I page seventy six; it provides details about the criminal hesitating with time and fear. This only proves one
Of course at first we can think that this text will be about love and passion with happy end, without any interesting facts, but in reality it isn’t so. The theme of this story is an eternal opposition between money and love. The round characters of this story are Old Anthony and his son Richard, the static characters are Aunt Ellen, Miss Lantry and Kelly. The main idea of this story is wealth (money – old Athony) and love (young Richard). As we know everything in our life depends on freak of chance, but old Anthony thinks that money can decide all problems of his life.