One can’t avoid hardships in life. Hardships and issues are everywhere and not just one person faces them, but all people can have these experiences. In literature that we read every day, whether it's about the problems the main characters face in fiction books or if it's about real things that go on in our society today in nonfiction, we still all face issues. Social stratification and inequality are still prevalent in our world today, and authors like Gillian, Langston Hughes, and Roosevelt use literature to show these themes and how they affect not just one race or gender but all. In comparison, both “ The Million Pound Bank Note” and The Great Gatsby have different social classes that deal with the struggle of money. Additionally, In …show more content…
In this situation, the woman trapped in the room with the yellow wallpaper shows that since her husband has a high paying job as a doctor her opinion about her mental health didn’t matter only her husband did since he was seen as almighty . In her thoughts she states, “If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency.” Her feelings towards her husband shows how she is realizing that they aren't as equal as people make it seem and since she’s a woman her opinion will be held lower than her husbands. Specifically, in “ The Forgotten Man” speech elucidates how the little companies aren't given a chance to thrive because of the social class they are put in. Roosevelt states, “ Here should be an objective of the government itself, to provide at least as much assistance to the little fellow as it is now giving to the large banks and corporations.” This speech interprets the fact that smaller businesses with less money should not be looked over and judged just because of their money situation at the