Sherman Alexi "Class" Is a Term Paper

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We believe in class and talk about it and place ourselves within the so-called class structure. Once we accept that we are members of a certain class, it becomes deeply embedded in our consciousness and is difficult to change because it becomes part of who we think we are. We learn to behave in a way that coincides with the class we think we are.

It may be just as difficult to move downward as upward. I know a woman who moved to a small farm town where the people all spoke a rural dialect.
Because she spoke Standard English, the townspeople didn't trust her. They thought she was showing off and trying to lord it over them. Perhaps they never would have accepted her, except she married a man from the town. They trusted him, so they accepted her. Although she said she tried, she was unable to speak as they did, so she never did really fit in. I imagine that's how Running Eagle feels, like he just doesn't quite belong......

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