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'''Interdependence''' When I read about the interdependence of the neighborhoods of these working class families, it seems like the author spent more time explaining the turmoil, fights, and sexual assaults of these neighbors than on on the interdependence they shared. The author therefore just continues the stereotype of the working poor as being immoral, unethical, and rowdy bunch of people. While reading about the filth and squalor of Little Five Points, I kept thinking of "Gangs of New York" and found the explanation of the Bowrey crowd interesting. It was if the working poor people were attempting to dress in a facade of Middle Class fancy clothing in an attempt to be like the Middle Class. ---Joyce M. | '''Interdependence''' When I read about the interdependence of the neighborhoods of these working class families, it seems like the author spent more time explaining the turmoil, fights, and sexual assaults of these neighbors than on on the interdependence they shared. The author therefore just continues the stereotype of the working poor as being immoral, unethical, and rowdy bunch of people. While reading about the filth and squalor of Little Five Points, I kept thinking of "Gangs of New York" and found the explanation of the Bowrey crowd interesting. It was if the working poor people were attempting to dress in a facade of Middle Class fancy clothing in an attempt to be like the Middle Class. ---Joyce M. | ||
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| + | '''Community''' We've talked alot about community as a type of family in this class and we see it in this reading. The working class women have not only an extended support system but they also are sharing in each other's troubles and hard time, just like we have discussed. This role of sharing troubles and having a commonality with others in the neighborhood allowed the women to expand their domestic sphere outside the home. -- Celia | ||
