The Separation Of Social Class

In this american society that we live in nowday, we can observe that social status has it’s own way of separating those who are well off in life, upper class versus those who work every day for a living. Social importance takes a lead on the novel, “Daisy Miller,” by Henry James when the main character, Winterbourne, is trying to come to terms with what he thinks about an American girl, named Daisy Miller, through hsi aunts, Mrs. Costello, objections and stereotypes. Also, in “Jane Eyre,” by Charlotte Bronte, the characters, Jane and Mr. Rochester achieve happiness, while having their obstacles, yet Jane believed since she was lower-class and poor, he would never layed eyes on her in a more serious way. Henry James and Charlotte Bronte both convey the theme of social class and it’s important demosntrating the depiction of the status quo through the characters feelings and experiences.

When Whitebourne goes to his aunt, mrs. Costello, to talk about Daisy, Mrs. Costello, has some critics to say. According to the text, “They treat the courier liek a fmailiar friend-like a gentleman.I shouldn’t wonder if he dines with them. Very likely they have never seen man with such good manners, such fine clothes..He sits with tehm in the garden in the evening,” (page 2). This quote demonstrates how Mrs. Costello quickly dissapproves of Daisy, because although Daisy dresses pretty, she communicates and is comfortable being aorund with someone from the lower class. Henry James succesfully conveys the theme of social class and it’s importance through Daisy’s innocence and naiveness, unlike the other characters who insert themselves into other societies simply as a means of asserting and affirming their social