Marcelo in the Real World Society and Class Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

As we get closer, we see an assortment of plastic animals on the front lawn: a family of deer, two white swans (now grayish), a mother duck with six ducklings behind her (one tipped over), two rabbits kissing each other, a brown fox, a groundhog up on his hind legs, a flamingo that could have been pink at one time but is now a whitish color. (22.44)

The only thing that makes a yard scream "lower class" more blatantly than lawn ornaments is a car on cinder blocks. Still, we think pink flamingoes are pretty awesome.

Quote #5

"Amos grows hay down there for the twelve or so cows he keeps. He used to have eighty acres, but he sold fifty after Mother died to pay the doctor's bills. The hill and the eighty acres, when worked right, took care of a family of four. " (22.115)

Living off the land through backbreaking labor is an entirely new concept to Marcelo, and it probably seems far more honest than being a lawyer at this point. Unless you're Jerry Garcia of course.

Quote #6

The one I believe to be Cody is carrying a box of Bud Light. The one that I believe to be Jonah has two bags of potato chips in his hands. (23.4)

Marcelo notices that Jasmine's neighbors are different from his without passing judgment, which allows Stork to show us class differences in a matter-of-fact way.