Higher Social Class In Lace Curtain Irish Or Shanty Irish?

There has been a problem of different social classes have been having trouble getting along since the beginning of documented history. Lower social classes generally resent higher social classes because they are seen to be “lucky” rather than being seen as working hard. Higher social classes often look down on lower social classes because they are seen as less valuable and often lazy. As stated in the American Psychological Association in the Article I read, Class Differences, it doesn’t really matter what sorts of things we have or what schools we attend it’s about how we think act and feel. Differences in class effect the way people act towards one another not because of the actual differences between them but the perceived differences between

There was quite a bit of hostility between the social classes. The upper class and lower class within Irish communities were called Lace Curtain Irish and Shanty Irish respectively. Both of these terms were used derogatorily for one group by the other group. Lace curtain Irish were generally seen as being stuck up. Often times the lace curtain Irish began in slums with the Shanty Irish and worked their way up to become lace curtain and believed they were significantly better than the Shanty Irish. This was clearly shown in Mike. He was very stuck up about getting out of the slums. He saw Margie as far inferior to him even though they grew up together and was his friend as a child. Mike saw the fact that he got out of Southie as being an act of his own greatness. He was very adamant about the fact that it was his hard work and not any sort of luck that got him out of

Their views are shaped by their present as well as their past situations. Kate’s view is very different from Mike’s because she did not have the experience of growing up in Southie. She grew up in a setting that was fairly formal so she is usually more formal than Mike is. An example of this is when they were telling Margie the names of the different cheeses. Kate knew all the proper names for the cheeses whereas Mike had made up names that he had given them himself. Mike did not grow up in a very formal place so knowing the names of fancy things has never had any value to