If you ask anyone what their class is, they will most likely associate themselves with the "middle class", but what is the middle class? There's a redneck middle class, a white collar middle class, a black middle class, an upper middle class, and countless others. No matter what middle class you belong to, why is it that we want to be part of the middle class? What it boils down to is that the middle class is respected, and everyone wants to be respected. Many people take social class too seriously, like the members of WASPs, and as portrayed on television shows like Gossip Girl.
Your class determines who you talk to, where you live, what you eat, and what you wear. Just as in Gossip Girl, the main characters only think about their status and reputation among society. Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf are the main characters of Gossip Girl and even their names alone have an air of elegance and prestige. Although they may be dramatized, Serena and Blair dress in designer clothes, always have good manners, and know how to carry themselves. These are all characteristics that are common among their social class. All of the city looks up to the upper eastsiders, and they know it. At the parties, only upper eastsiders are invited, and it proves hard to break into the social circle if you are an outsider. Although that is Hollywood, it is true in reality too. The rednecks will never be a part of high society; nor will debutantes fit in with urban ghettos.
Our class determines our opportunities in life, and what we can achieve. The American Dream includes social class mobility, but in actuality it is rather hard to move up in society. People judge you on your class, which is represented through clothes, cars, and housing, and although it may come off as superficial, that is how the human race functions.
