Bill’s insecurity in his social standing becomes evident when he tries on the Stones’ clothes, trying to prove to himself that he too can be at a higher status. In the story, “He shed his own clothes and slipped into the shorts and the shirt”(4). Bill put on a Hawaiian shirt and bermudas, a fancy dark suit, Harriet’s shirt and even her undergarments. In the story, Bill smiles at the reflection in the mirror when he is wearing a dark fancy suit. Because suits usually are a representation of someone who has a career in a more professional level, like a businessman, and he’s enjoying his look as someone of a higher status. Weber states, “In content, status honor is normally expressed by the fact that above all else a specific style of life can