Class Conflict: Boourgeoisie And The Proletariat

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A. Class conflict/ pg. 10: Class conflict is where two social classes collide. These two social classes are bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie are the capitalists who own the means to production such as money, land, factories, and machines; the proletariat are the exploited workers who do not own the means of the production. In the video, the owners of the farmers and/or companies will be called the bourgeoisies or capitalists and the workers, the teenagers and their families, will be called the proletariat or exploits. An example from the video that demonstrated this is when the 16 year old boy’s family went to the grocery store to purchase groceries, his mother noticed all the crops that they picked are overpriced and compared …show more content…

Basically the farmers and companies are getting the profit from this while the workers aren’t getting paid enough for the hard work that has to be put in to work on the fields. In the text, the workers were eventually free of this exploitation and the workers were able to work to their abilities receiving goods and services to their needs; not from someone telling them what to do in an aggressive way. In the video, exploitation for the workers was still demonstrated; such as not having a break to eat (sometimes), very low pay, long hours, early mornings, aches and pains, filthy clothing, exhaustion, dehydration, and sweaty bodies. The teenagers and their families are looking to be free from this bondage and live like normal people. The parents just wanted to see their kids out of this because they had to deal with it since birth, but their children thought very differently. …show more content…

Subjective meaning/ pg. 13: Subjective meanings is how people interpret their situation in life by viewing what they are doing and what is happening to them. In a view sections of the video it shows how the teenagers realize what is actually happening in their lives. The 12 year old girl is rebelling, getting smart with other adults around her, frustrated, and the adults are feeling the same way about her. This shows the audience that she is tired of picking crops and wants to be in school with her friends, having fun, and enjoying her life like the others. The 14 year old girl realizes she has to care for her sickly parents and she can’t fulfil the dreams she wants because she sees the struggle they are going through. As for the 16 year old boy, he sees that he needs the help his father since he is like the man of the household as well and doesn’t want his sisters to have to do what he does; he just wants them to get their education and have a happy life. The 12 year old had dreams, the 14 year old had dreams and goals, and the 16 year didn’t have any goals or dreams. The 12 and 14 year mentioned that they have no dreams or goals anymore because what they are doing now is more beneficial to them than any goal or dream. The 16 year old remained with no dreams because he said even if he had all the money in the world it wouldn’t solve anything so he rather continue work on the fields, but if the opportunity comes then he will tell his story of how he worked on the fields.

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