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sociology

8 Name University /College Course and Course Number Professor Date Nature of the American Social Class System Cox commented that people who are thinking in matters of social stratification meant the term social status being a continuum of societies ( ox 139 That means to say the two terms are related to each other . However , the thinking that societies are continuing in existence is correct since , as time goes by the class system changes depending on the way people develop their lives . In line with that

, it includes to realize that there are individuals whose status remained fix as they live life . Others prefer changer like from being in the lowest strata of society to the highest . So then , it is true that the advancement of an individual economically is encouraged in American society At this time , we will review a certain literature that deeply touches the on social class system . Before a thorough and personal of the American social class system , it is proper to summarize first the said literature . The literature is also a review done by Paul Fussell on the book entitled Class : A Guide Through the American Status Syste . The said work is entitle Touchy Subject . Fussell made mention that there is a complicated undestanding on the subject of American social class system . The subject remains to be studied further . While it is true that most Americans thought that they live within an extremely complicated system of social classes there is still a necessity of complete understanding of the (Fussell 1 . In this sense , the Americans

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also believed that there should be a consideration of status It is also true that the is very touchy (Fussell 1 . The then is very sensitive that people must talk about it with prudence . That is , we are bound to outrage a group of people simply by talking about the in a given occasion (Fussell 1 . The author of the book being reviewed was asked about what book he was currently writing (Fussell 1 . When he said that it was about social class in America the person who asked was so uneasy and probably was thinking on the possibility of touching delicate s in the book (Fussell 1 . The effect was that , the person who asked became and then walk away (Fussell 1 . The implication was that , the author was not only a spy into class system but was also a nosy intervenor of other people 's lives What Fussell understood was that , his work was being known as unpleasant by anyon who will come to know about it (Fussell 1 . He was aware of the sensitivity of the on social class system that the work of R . H . Tawny entitled Equalit " dawned upon him . The book was written in the year 1931 . In that book , there was a point that touched Fussell , and I quote , word fraught with unpleasing associations so that to linger upon it is apt to be interpreted...

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