Monday, April 19, 2010

9:13 AM - 3 comments

"Who Built the Pyramids," and "Born Rich"

who built the pyramid by Micheal Lefevre talk about about how it is stressful to be a working class in America . to Micheal being a working class means a person have to do all the work without being recognised for it. he feels that he have to struggle to make in the society because he needs every working hours in can get in order to make the ends meet in his family hold. he also think working class man are always thought as being illiterate and uneducated. he talked about how he wish he can be recognised for his work as being a steelworker instead of some snubby rich kid taking the recognition for it. he think life it unfair because even when he try to speak for his right he might get punished for it because he is just a working class working for some sunbby rich man.
In born rich a bunch of rich kids were interviewed oh how does it feels to be a child from a rich family. some of the kids think that there life is as perfect as it can get because they have everything they want , when it comes to money and class. they go to one of the most expensive schools in the world and dine at the best restaurant, they do not work but yet they are known for whatever reason. this kids can pass a class without even attending the class because of the status the society put them in.
 the way people respect you in the society is based on how much money a person have and the people you hang out with . the rich will never be treated the same as the middle class because they have the money to buy there way through the society. the thing that Micheal Lefvre and the rich kids have in common is that they both want to be recognised for something, only that the rich kids can actually achieve that goal without not doing much , while a working class might try to be recognised and at the end of the day he wont be recognised at all.

3 comments:

Interesting reflections - do you think that the people in the film actually find fufillment from the kind of unearned recognition you're describing?

some of the kids does. for example the wealthy england guy in the think life does not get better than how he is living because he get whatever he want when ever he want it. some of the other kids actually want to achieve something from them selves. they do not want to be only known for they did not work for, they feel that just because their parent or grand parent have the status does not necessarily mean they want to have the same status as their parent.

I think you're right - people's experiences of wealth are diverse, as are experiences of poverty or middle class-ness. It does seem to me that even the person who talks about how wonderful it is to be rich is worried about finding meaning - so he wants to be 'indespensible" but the only way he can imagine that is by being a lawyer.

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