The War Between The Classes
In the book The War Between The Classes, the theme of the book was to teach the reader through the characters the ways to overcome the prejudices of society. Through the characters the author showed that people could still unite despite their ethnic background or class. It showed how males and females are treated differently just because of their sex. For example, when that had the Tek’s or male beauty contest the guys really started to realize how it is for women and what we fell like being judged on looks. Some of the guys said at the end that now they realize it is for women and they said their going to think twice about how they treat women form now on. . It also showed how the kids used the color game to unite as one society instead of segregated classes. For example, when Amy and Juan were demoted to orange, the other oranges learned to accept them even though they were lower class and minorities. In addition, when Amy wanted to plan a rally all the light greens and oranges came together regardless of what the rules of classes were. Also, when Juan wanted to have everyone at his house to prepare for the rally the wealthy white kids didn’t even mind that he was a Latino and wasn’t a high class white, and still wanted to go to his house. They came together as one new class of whites and minorities and showed that it doesn’t matter what color your skin is or if your poor or wealthy, they showed that it’s the person who really matters and that not every one in one whole ethnic group is the same. That everyone with in that group is different and original.
I think that Mr. Otero was trying to teach his students what it’s like for minorities or lower class societies. He showed the richer white kids what it was like to have to bow down to the higher-class citizens, and showed the minorities what it was like to have power and be treated with respect. I think that Mr. Otero succeeded greatly with Amy and her friends because they really seem...
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