Social Classes

In American Society there is the Pyrimidal structure. At the bottom there is all of the underclassmen who are just above the poverty line or below the poverty line. These people are the ones who put physical labor into building luxurios complexes or mansions. But if they put the effort into building these luxurious things then why dont they end up with their own creations? Its because the weatlh is so unequally distributed, and with little movement between classes there really is no chance that these underclassmen can imagine of them living a wealthy lifestyle. In the middle of the pyramid we have the working class. These are the people who live in suburbs in average size houses with dead end jobs. Eventhough they may work in the same place as the wealthy, their paychecks are nothing in comparison. And of course at the very tipy top of the pyramid we have the wealthy. We do not see much movement within this class because these people figure: why settle for anything less than the best?

However, there are some strayers who move social classes, my mother being one of them. Mostly growing up in a small town in Alaska, her family was very poor. And from coming out of high school, colllege opprotunities were bleak. She was classified as a part of the working class if not lower. Yet when she had me she decided to go back to college and get her degree. After college she married above her previous social class and moved up the social ladder. Changes like these though are not as common as they should be.