Essays on Upper Class

Theater is thought to have started in the 6th century BC in Athens, as a form of classical entertainment (Goldhill 54). At this time, it was predominantly for entertainment, and also to create a catalogue of historical events, or depiction of mythology. This evolved into plays that were categorized as tragedy, comedy and drama, each in forms that we would readily recognize today, were all born out of that early tradition. However, over time, different countries adapted the western art form, to create formulas that more directly address their social concerns, or meet the social need for expression. In ...

Running a branch office in the small town with two college-educated colleagues with middle-class backgrounds and three local residents from lower backgrounds will likely be characterized by disruptive challenges that may adversely affect the operation of the office as a team and thus there is a need for effective management. In running a productive and efficient team at work, there is a need to create an effective workplace and enhance positive social relations among the employees. However, the reality is that there are class differences linked to the ambiguous class position of the employees which may be a source ...

Introduction

Sleeping Beauty is a 2011 written and directed by Julia Leigh. It is the story of a female college student named Lucy that works various part-time jobs. She was approached to a job that involves serving upper-class gentleman in sexy lingerie, eventually settling for a new role wherein she is sedated and taken advantage of by elderly men on the grounds that there will be no sexual penetration involved. The film climaxes in the protagonist waking up from her sleep finding an old man dead of an overdose beside her. Throughout the course of the film, the issue of ...

Executive Summary

Luxury Swap is an innovative web-based product exchange service. Modeled on e-bay's exchange program, Luxury Swap introduces an unparalleled service in KSA, first, and hopes to expand into GCC, East Europe, North America and world at large. The service connects upper class / sellers, who have unneeded luxury products, and middle class/ buyers, who, although having rising disposable income, cannot afford to purchase luxury products at retail prices. This report is made up of five sections: (1) Service Information, (2). PEST Analysis & SWOT Analysis, (3) Strategic Marketing Objectives, (4) Market Segmentation & Positioning and (5) Four Ps Strategies and (6) ...

Introduction

1.1 Company Background Al Badia Company is a firm based in Oman and deals in processing and selling camel milk. The company will source milk from Oman and sell the camel milk within the country. It will be started after a survey that indicated that a large population in Oman consumes and most consumers like camel milk due to the associated benefits. The company’s headquarters will be based in the capital Muscat due to the location of many ministries in the location. The company shall establish its camel farms in Salalah and Sur and Barka. It shall also ...

According to Dekun Zheng (1983), China has been one of Asia’s most distinguished countries, and it has been known to have a class structure which has divided it into two Chinas. The upper class and the rural class has had clear demarcations in the country. The upper class of the Chinese civilization has enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle which has been visible from their expenditure, way of living and spending. Moreover, the author mentions the importance of gaining a classical education, which has been important to the Chinese upper class that helped them rise above the rural class of ...

Literature Review

In education communication is essential. The school, the teachers, and the parents must communicate with one another to educate their students. When there is a lack of communication the students suffer. The modes of communication are evolving every day, because of the advances made in technology. School systems needs to transition into using some of these modern forms of communications to better reach the diverse population of parents present within a school. Connecting with parents using multiple methods could increase parent involvement as well as student achievement. Different styles of communication could be used for different reasons. It must ...

For the purpose of comprehending the influence of society and culture on the individual and the community in general, two Indian individuals were interviewed on the internet. This was a great opportunity to delve deep into the societal system and interpersonal dynamics working in the Indian milieu. While both these respondents were chosen from the Hindu community (where caste discrimination and other social issues prevail), one of them was a Brahmin, the highest rung of the Hindu society, with the other one being a Dalit or a backward class individual. Now, of late, the issues encompassing Dalit community in ...

Factors that Influence Purchasing Relationship in Automobile Industry of China

Introduction The USA, Western Europe, and Japan markets for the automobiles are almost stagnating causing an increased attention and concern to the world automotive industry. They have turned their interest in China market for cars. This is associated with the fast growing economy in China unlike that of European nations and the USA. The Chinese market for cars is indeed the turning point for all auto companies. The environment is conducive to start production in China to supply the potential markets and then export from there to other world markets. This literature will focus on the purchasing relationship in ...

Traditionally, people have lived in highly stratified societies based on several factors. These include wealth, race, gender, religion, or other factors that distinguish one person from another.in the USA; the situation has only become worse as the societies have become more stratified. Social stratification leads to the formation of a social hierarchy, which is simply the classification of people in a given society based on their economic power, race, religion, or gender. The factor that has contributed to social hierarchies, especially in the USA is the economic power. The latter has led to the division of the society into ...

Power and Politics

In the democratic societies, the outcomes of politics are considered to be a result of power of different classes, and forces acting in cross-cutting manner for formation of consensus, coalition, voting, and bargaining. There is direct relationship between class and politics. This can be considered from Ruling Class Model that indicates that individuals who manage affairs of the country belong to rich class, super-rich class, and multi-millionaires. These people, however, decide many important issues of the national policy such as military matters, and decision making in executive branch of government, and they just focus on serving the interest of ...

Harding Davis paints a vivid picture of inequality that exists in the society. The author uses imagery to make the reader aware of the injustices that occur without their attention. The story feels real due to the author's use of imagery while at the same time invoking a need for reform in the mind of the reader. For instance, Mitchell and Kirby call the mill “a den.” People usually associate a den with entrapping as well as the negative events. Most of the time, people who visit alcohol and drug dens suffer from ill health. There is the likelihood ...

The United States is known for having higher degrees of class inequality than many other industrialized countries in the West. Till the early 1970s individual family income in the country remained stable and equally distributed due to economic recession and wars. Family income began to grow more unequal since the early 1970s; for instance, the income of middle class families stagnated towards the late 1970s as against the growth following the Vietnam War. Most importantly, during the 1970s America’s bigger than life image among the developed countries of the world as an unchallenged capitalistic economy received a critical ...

One’s class is determined by many things. Income has an impact on an individual’s class, but economic assets also play a role. The neighborhood wherein one lives is also a part of class. For example, if the neighborhood has a high crime rate, is near a highly polluted area, is adjacent to a low-funded school, thus turning out poorly educated individuals, or offers low-employment, one’s class is likely to be considered low. In contrast, if an individual lives in a gated community adjacent to good schools, with grocery stores that offer expensive, organically grown food, and ...

Introduction

It is true that there is a significant disparity between the American in terms of classes in the United States today. The gap between the upper class and the lower class has been increasing, whereas the middle starts to fade away. Dating back to early 1990s, almost half of the national income growth of the nation was owned only the top 1 percent of the richest families. The escalating gap between the two groups is attributed to the ever increasing income to the wealthiest 1 percent and stagnant income for the middle American households. Therefore, the middle and the ...

Introduction and thesis

Dexter is a young man with humble background who catches works hard through university, borrows money with his degree certificate as security and works on a laundry business that expands and makes him one of the richest young men in the region. He is given a pass to the golf club by one Mr. Hart, where he feels comfortable despite the fact that he does not belong to that class of society. He sneaks for some moments to a piano playing from the other end, and his solitude is distracted by a girl called Judy, of affluent means, who ...

Karl Marx is known for his presentation of the concept of Communism which has been an important part of political organization in Europe and around the world. Marx is known for writing the Communist Manifesto alongside Friedrich Engels which has been quoted extensively for an alternative form of governance based on socialism. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the biography and political thought of Karl Marx as a philosopher who influenced western thought in a significant way. This will lead to the critique of the Communist Manifesto and how it influenced modern political thought. This paper builds ...

Aristotle

Aristotle set various guidelines pertaining to politics of the state. In his book, “Politics I”, he stated that in most if not cases, the city-state is the most valuable selection and it is most superior composition of a state. This is since, he states that from the fact that a city state has been developed by individuals who come together clearly knowing that they are unable to exist in cases that they are apart and the since the city states are developed from homogenous communities and by the fact that they come together, they are able to attain the ...

Bourdieu’s Concepts of Capital and Habitus and Contemporary Class Differences

Introduction Since 1986 when Bourdieu published his book with the concepts of cultural capital and habitus, many social changes have happened, primarily driven by changes in technology and new ways of interactions. For instance, compared to thirty years ago, it is now easier to break the glass ceiling of social stratification because there is a bigger social spread. Many rich people interact with people from humble backgrounds on the internet, and, since the class is not the first thing that comes up when these relations start, people from higher classes discover that they are interacting with people from the ...

INEQUALITY IN BRITAIN

Introduction Social stratification is about the different social classes and relative positions of social groups within a given country or community. In most societies, it has to do with the level of wealth each social category yields, but there are several concepts and theories that relates to it. This includes level of education, norms, social activities and preferences as well as the expectations society places on certain people within each class which leads to taste and the formation of identities. As a result of this, there is the famous “Top 1%”, the upper class, the upper-middle, the middle class, ...

Modernity refers to the approaches, behavior, and ideas of the post-traditional period. Originally, modernity can be defined as a critique of tradition, and a movement toward a new point of view rooted in new paradigms and insights. Recently, modernity has embodied present-day thoughts and present-day lifestyle. One important aspect that arises from this definition of social change and its impact on human experience is the formation of a newly constructed self-image and identity. In essence, the concept of modernity differentiates the modern person from the traditional individual. Such newly founded freedom in connection to modernity involved an experience and ...

The movie, Woman in the Dunes, is a Japanese movie that was directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1964.The movie was drawn from Kobe Abe’s novel, with the same title used in the movie. The movie explains the life of a teacher, Niki Junpei, who gets lost in a new environment full of sand dunes. Niki faces challenges trying to understand his identity and the new life he finds himself in after he was abducted by the sand dunes residents. He is forced to live with a widowed young woman, Kyoko Kishida, who has been condemned to dig sand ...

Composed by Kate Chopin a short story Désirée’s Baby presents passage from life of a girl without a name who finds her love and her bitter end. Désirée was found by Valmondé a wealthy and aristocratic family from the antebellum South who adopts her despite that fact that Monsieur and Madame Valmondé do not know girl`s origin. She is loved and admired not only by her new parents but also by Armand Aubigny a representative of another influential and wealthy Creole family in Louisiana. It seems that Désirée is surrounded by ...

While social class impacts nearly every area of our lives, we do not often realize how deeply in impacts our education. Moreover, we do not realize the growing social gap is something that will not end, regardless of how often we are told that it is closing. Children born into low-income families are at a disadvantage, often from the moment they are born. The socialization experienced by low-income students in comparison to high-income students and the perception of their social classes often changes the impact of education on either individual. The article, “Why Does the Gap Persist,” indicated many ...

(Student’s Full Name) Classism and its Connection to Consumption as explored and presented in the Disney Films The Lion King and The Princess and the Frog Classism and its Connection to Consumption as Explored and Presented in the Disney Films The Lion King and The Princess and the Frog

Introduction

Giroux (1999) notes that the power structure created by Disney allows children to relinquish “their roles as critical subjects for the passive role of consuming subjects” (Giroux, 1999, p. 23). This desire to consume has caused many to see the necessity to consume media as pointed out by Dafna ...

1. Introduction Marketing refers to the set of all the strategies utilized for the purpose of promoting or selling the services of any company. It always plays a key role in the success of all types of small, medium and large sizes of businesses. And, without the shadow of any doubt, the success of a marketing strategy heavily depends on how well it is planned and implemented, and how accurately it addresses the needs of the target audience for a business (Kotler & Armstrong, 2006).The current paper aims to analyze the marketing strategy of two different airline companies i.e. ...

Introduction

I am a twenty one years old white man who has been raised in a middle class family. My parents were wealthy when compared to most families within the region. I was brought up in a family of four; me being the last born. My siblings are: Amanda (31), John (29), and Josh (26). The trend and the age differences between my siblings is a sure proof that I was born out of accident. My mother conceived out of will and they did not have an option but to bring me up. Also, I have been hearing hearsays from ...

Kentucky Fried Chicken is one of most successful fast food related restaurant in the world. The restaurant was founded in 1930, and its headquarters is located in Louisville, in the region known as Kentucky in the U.S. The KFC runs a chain of fast food restaurants around the globe. It usually specializes in the provision of the fried chicken to its target customers. The KFC has successfully employed branding strategy to its advantage over the years. KFC as a fast food chain restaurant, employs a branding strategy that aims at portraying its fried chicken as the best in the ...

Gossip Girl explores the world of upper class society through fashion and consumerist taste of young affluent women. Jennifer craik argues that fashion has the ability to convey disparate messages about society and economics. It has a message about cultural identity and distinctiveness. It also is an integral part of local inflections, shared knowledge, cultural sophistications, traditions and societal revolutions. Most of all, fashion sends messages about an individual’s social or economic wellbeing. One is able to easily discern that an individual works in a corporate or entertainment world by how they dress together with other cues like ...

(Chapter 8 Summary) The differences in the business environment between Europe and US during the industrial revolution made the investors in the USA begin using rough and unethical means to gain wealth. Entrepreneurs like John Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, William Vanderbilt, Jim Fisk, and Jay Gould aimed at ruining their competitors to the point of driving them out of the market. J. P. Morgan's sentiment of 'owning the public nothing' was their leading approach in dealing with the public. These finance and industry men are what Veblen called the robber barons. In his work, Veblen noted that the “savage ...

As a self-taught photographer Samuel Bourne has given the world a view of India that is as prolific and beautiful. His photographs are an example of the true photography artistry and the photos remain a gem even in this time. The history of the mutiny in India against the British dominance is captured in a way of contrast between the old and the new. Bourne is centered at the period of disruption in the Indian lifestyle and portrays both the good and the racially charged emotions of the times. Bourne shot his photographs in the 1850 and 1860’s ...

A child needs stable family connections with the nurturing presence of their adults, which is their mother. Childhood is the most impersonating time of a person’s life which either makes or breaks a person. A mother is the direct source of influence and her ability to form a bond, provide paternal security and nurturing children’s needs by a constant guidance throughout. There are several factors, situations, condition and financial surrounding which help in influencing the children and generate long term benefits on upcoming generations.

Influences of Working Mothers on Children

During 1970-80s, the rate of working mothers was less as compare to today. ...

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Business Plan

Business Plan template 1 Business Plan Summary 3 The Business 3 The Market 3 The Future 4 The Finances 4 The Business 5 Business details 5 Registration details 5 Business premises 5 Organisation chart 5 Management & ownership 6 Key personnel 6 Products/services 7 Unique Selling point.7 Anticipated demand8 Risk management 8 Operations 8 The Market 9 Market research 9 Market targets 9 Environmental/industry analysis 10 S.W.O.T. analysis 11

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The imperial rule in China was a proclamation from the leaders, who wanted to establish good trade relationship with the foreign nations like the Great Britain and India. During the reign of emperor leadership of Qing officials, there was relevantly true that the dynasty was in unstable position. In retrospect, the Qing dynasty was the last imperial reign of China that existed for almost three centuries (Da-dui 2). The links that China established with India and Britain was quite lucrative with these nations, thereby making them more attached to it. This is what led to the feeling of maintaining ...

Introduction

Social classes in Britain currently are not based on the amount of wealth that someone has accumulated unlike in the previous centuries. One can be rich but considers oneself poor or is taken by the community as of a lower class. On the other hand, the poor can be deemed to belong to the upper class. However, it depends on the understandability of the English culture like behavior patterns, beliefs, and customs as well as the proficiency of the English language. Britain and particularly England has a highly class sensitive culture and the practical ways in which the people ...

Introduction

Francis Scott Fitzgerald characterized his main character as “great”, yet the author managed to insert several meanings into this notion. Gatsby is overwhelmed with money, luxury, parties, but this emphasis on the material things emphasizes another issue in the novel. It is possible to claim that Fitzgerald makes the main hero to disguise himself behind the trumpery of ongoing parties and mysterious reputation. The main purpose of Gatsby seems to be rather controversial, as he is clearly avoids fulfilling his mission to win his love (Matterson 5). It is difficult to find that notorious greatness in the character’s ...

Education has done little to improve social mobility. To what extent does this statement provide an accurate reflection of the role of education in contemporary Britain?

Introduction

The impact of education on equal opportunities and social mobility has been an important concern thoroughly explored in the field of sociology. An early British sociologist of education, Olive Banks, systematically tackled the issue of how an educational institution that establish hierarchy in schools in accordance to a hierarchical labour market could bring about 'parity of prestige' or, in simple term, equal opportunity (Irvin, 2008). There are conclusive sociological findings which reveal how ...

Abstract

Massive increase in social inequalities in the United States of America, coupled with growing inequalities in wealth and income, have both refocused and drawn attention on social classes as a main determinant of population. Daily analysis through the use of consistent and coherent determinations of socioeconomic position in the United States of America surveillance and research however remains seldom. Certainly, social class exists in the United States of America today although it has consistently remained to be a controversial concept with multiple competing definitions. This paper identifies the determinants of social status as well as class in the United States of ...

In Voltaire’s Candide, we see an incredibly prescient bit of satire, as the titular character, Candide, experiences an episodic, darkly comedic, eerily satirical breakdown of all the things he thinks he knows about the world. Over the course of the book, everything from war to love to polite society itself is lampooned, broken down and exposed for the farce that it is. Candide comes to understand that, contrary to what he believed in the beginning, he is not living in “the best of all possible worlds.”

Candide has a lot of fun lampooning the tenets of polite European society, ...

Abstract

Perhaps, most people in the world believe that United States is the place to access greener pastures. Therefore there are many immigrants to america.The immigrants get into United States through illegal and legal means so as to access the opportunities believed to exist, (The Great Migration, 2002). In most cases the concept of social class is linked to social identity, ecomomic role and political affiliation, (Devine, 1997). Status consistency puts into consideration the plurality of status in society. Each member of the society is ranked in different hierarchies. Individuals are claimed to have consistent status if the status he ...