This man who had been raised in a working-class family, and had jumped into the middle class, has to deal with the vast differences between the two classes. By becoming a writer, he made a better life for himself, but was socially distanced from his family. Practicing the ways of the middle-class, while still carrying the thoughts and beliefs his working-class parents had inflicted upon him, he struggled with his self placement in society and …
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…Instead of telling me to be a hard worker, they told me to do the best I can, and so long as I gave it my best, that was enough for them. They have always encouraged my creativity as well as higher education. In the future I plan to make a class jump, at least financially if not socially. And I hope to handle the differences better than the man in this story. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**