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2) I chose the movie The Notebook. The movie focuses on an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who disapprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, then, with her love for Noah still alive, stops by Noah's 200-year-old home that he restored for her, "to see if he's okay". It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love (Jessica Cymerman). I chose this movie because it shows how society is split up based on social classes, not just race.
3) The movie The Notebook relates to Johnson chapter 3 Capitalism, Class, and the Matrix of Domination. The movie relates because during the movie The Notebook Noah Calhoun cannot be with Allie Hamilton because his family was poorer than her family. This difference between their family incomes shows that there was a difference between the social classes, and how much money a person had determined their position in society. Since Noah’s family did not have as much money as Allie’s family he was deemed to not be worthy to date her because he was in a lower social class than her. In chapter 3, Johnson mentions how white males were considered better than the males of different races, but not all white males were because some of them were in the working class. Even though the white males were superior to people of other races, a difference in social classes causes them to look at each other differently. In both the movie and chapter 3 the difference between social classes were powerful, and helped to determine a person’s place in society. The rich white males were cruel towards the poorer members of society because they knew that they could control them since the rich males had more money. Johnson mentions how “the oppressed condition of blacks and other racial minorities encourages them [lower class whites] to work for wages that are lower than what most whites will accept” (47). Like the employers Johnson mentions, Allie’s father controlled Noah by not letting Noah date his daughter because he was in a lower class.
4) I believe that people do also judge each other based on the amount of money a family makes. The difference in income levels splits up members of the same race, because people will view each other as not being as good because of their income. This split between social classes is hard to overcome because according to Johnson, “patterns of inequality result from and perpetuate a class system based on widening gaps in income, wealth, and power between those on top and everyone below them” (44). This widening gap between the income and wealth of people is hard to overcome because the rich are becoming richer and the poor are becoming poorer. Since this is the pattern it is hard for those who are already poor to earn money and become part of the rich. I believe that the gap between the rich and the poor will never close, and because of that members of the same race will not be the same. This gap will always cause a difference of social classes.
2) I chose the movie The Notebook. The movie focuses on an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who disapprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, then, with her love for Noah still alive, stops by Noah's 200-year-old home that he restored for her, "to see if he's okay". It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love (Jessica Cymerman). I chose this movie because it shows how society is split up based on social classes, not just race.
3) The movie The Notebook relates to Johnson chapter 3 Capitalism, Class, and the Matrix of Domination. The movie relates because during the movie The Notebook Noah Calhoun cannot be with Allie Hamilton because his family was poorer than her family. This difference between their family incomes shows that there was a difference between the social classes, and how much money a person had determined their position in society. Since Noah’s family did not have as much money as Allie’s family he was deemed to not be worthy to date her because he was in a lower social class than her. In chapter 3, Johnson mentions how white males were considered better than the males of different races, but not all white males were because some of them were in the working class. Even though the white males were superior to people of other races, a difference in social classes causes them to look at each other differently. In both the movie and chapter 3 the difference between social classes were powerful, and helped to determine a person’s place in society. The rich white males were cruel towards the poorer members of society because they knew that they could control them since the rich males had more money. Johnson mentions how “the oppressed condition of blacks and other racial minorities encourages them [lower class whites] to work for wages that are lower than what most whites will accept” (47). Like the employers Johnson mentions, Allie’s father controlled Noah by not letting Noah date his daughter because he was in a lower class.
4) I believe that people do also judge each other based on the amount of money a family makes. The difference in income levels splits up members of the same race, because people will view each other as not being as good because of their income. This split between social classes is hard to overcome because according to Johnson, “patterns of inequality result from and perpetuate a class system based on widening gaps in income, wealth, and power between those on top and everyone below them” (44). This widening gap between the income and wealth of people is hard to overcome because the rich are becoming richer and the poor are becoming poorer. Since this is the pattern it is hard for those who are already poor to earn money and become part of the rich. I believe that the gap between the rich and the poor will never close, and because of that members of the same race will not be the same. This gap will always cause a difference of social classes.
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