The author's social and economic class shows through the work because of the language he uses. It's evident that he's a proletarian because his classmates always tell him to 'E-nun-ci-ate!' and he's constantly reminded that he should be saying '[As]' and not '[uz]'. As he's attending a private school, his classmates will be a part of the bourgeoisie in society and therefore the narrator will be alienated and marginalised within the school setting because his background will be different to those he shares a school with. The author was given a scholarship and therefore he's not at the school because his family are able to afford it, but because he possesses the required intelligence. This demonstrates the social inequalities present in a capitalist society because the only reason someone of his social status is able to attend this school is because he got a scholarship, the peers he would've grown up with would not have had this same opportunity unless their parents possessed the economic power and the money to be able to send their children to a private school.
The poem does not support the economic and social status quo of society because the author rebels against the requests of his peers and teachers on how he should be speaking. This is demonstrated when he says 'RIP, RP, RIP, TW' because he also dislikes the fact he's known as 'TW' instead of his name, 'Tony Harrison'. The work advocates for change because the author states his views on how the bourgeoisie have double standards because of the fact that 'Wordsworth's matter/water are full rhyme' and that is accepted by the bourgeoisie however Tony is picked up on the fact that he doesn't pronounce words properly.
The poem does not support the economic and social status quo of society because the author rebels against the requests of his peers and teachers on how he should be speaking. This is demonstrated when he says 'RIP, RP, RIP, TW' because he also dislikes the fact he's known as 'TW' instead of his name, 'Tony Harrison'. The work advocates for change because the author states his views on how the bourgeoisie have double standards because of the fact that 'Wordsworth's matter/water are full rhyme' and that is accepted by the bourgeoisie however Tony is picked up on the fact that he doesn't pronounce words properly.
The class system plays the role of separating the proletarians and the bourgeoisie in the work because there is a clear division between the two different social classes. This is shown when we're told that the narrator only gets the worst roles in school plays due to his social class which was shown when he said he 'played the Drunken Porter in Macbeth'. The fact that he doesn't speak like his classmates and the fact that he's got a different background and upbringing to them is what decides that he shouldn't have equal roles as his peers in school productions. This highlights to us how he is alienated as a result of being a part of the proletariat.
The author's analysis of class relations is that he seems to disagree with the separation of the classes because of his rebellion to the ways of the bourgeoisie towards the end of the poem which is demonstrated when he says 'I'm Tony Harrison no longer you!' This could imply to the reader that he's frustrated with the ways of the social class systems because he goes against what they've asked of him.
The author's analysis of class relations is that he seems to disagree with the separation of the classes because of his rebellion to the ways of the bourgeoisie towards the end of the poem which is demonstrated when he says 'I'm Tony Harrison no longer you!' This could imply to the reader that he's frustrated with the ways of the social class systems because he goes against what they've asked of him.
The author does overcome the oppression of the bourgeoisie in the poem because he's given a scholarship for the school to be able to get the chance to get the same level of education as an upper class child. However, within the school he's still held back with being patronised and overlooked by the bourgeoisie because of the fact he's given the worse parts in the school plays. On the other hand, he does overcome the oppression in this situation because at the end of the poem, he stands up to them by saying '[uz] can be loving as well as funny'. By saying this he's proving a point that he thinks the bourgeoisie, although they pronounce words properly, they're not loving and they aren't funny because that's not how they're 'supposed' to act.
The literature reflects the author's own class because of the language he uses for example when he calls the upper class people 'buggers' it demonstrates how he would be a proletarian because upper class people wouldn't speak like this. Also he disagrees with the structure of social classes because he rebels against the norms of capitalist society and doesn't allow the bourgeoisie to oppress him anymore.
The literature reflects the author's own class because of the language he uses for example when he calls the upper class people 'buggers' it demonstrates how he would be a proletarian because upper class people wouldn't speak like this. Also he disagrees with the structure of social classes because he rebels against the norms of capitalist society and doesn't allow the bourgeoisie to oppress him anymore.
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