Does a person’s economic standing at birth influence their adulthood economic standing? This question is posed and explored through an array of examples and statistics in “Class in America - 2012.” The author of this piece, Gregory Mantsios, is the …show more content…
The primary sources serve as an outlet for emotional appeal. He present both first hand experiences from the upper and lower class. One to instill anger and the other to instill empathy. His use of empirical data is evident throughout the entire piece. To back up the first reality, the author used the statistic, “The middle fifth of the population holds less than 4 percent of the national wealth.” Later in the piece, he shared the stories of boy from the upper class, a boy from the working class, and a girl from the lower class. He goes into vivid details about each one's life, ranging from their education to their holiday activities to muster emotional