First of all, social classes are hierarchical and difficult to flow.
Jack and Ruth met for the first time. On the deck, Jack looked up at Ruth, but Ruth didn't notice Jack, so his friends naturally showed him hopeless helplessness. Titanic is a society, and its deck is the public domain of this society. In the public domain, third-class passengers and first-class passengers have no intersection and can only look up. If you return to your private world, first class only exists in their minds, and it is even more out of reach. The second meeting between Jack and Ruth, when Jack gave his life to save Ruth, led to misunderstanding. Ruth saved him. In my opinion, this is enough to repay Jack for saving his life, because in a hierarchical capitalist society, this misunderstanding is enough to kill a person.
Ruth's fiance intends to repay Jack for saving his life with money, but Ruth's unhappiness gives him reason to think that he can fool Jack. Jack was invited to an upper-class dinner. With the help of Mrs. Jewel, she lent her son's clothes to Jack. As the saying goes, Jack's image can be changed. He can come and go freely at the dinner party in the upper class with only one suit, and even be given a descendant of a noble family. A suit illustrates this point. "Lady Jewellery" is not of noble descent. She only used nouveau riche's money to enter the upper class and told all kinds of jokes loudly at dinner. Her appearance bridged the gap between the third class and the first class. Jack took Ruth to a "real party" in the third class, which caused social fluctuation, difficulties and risked his life.
Money can bring you into a certain social class, but this kind of social mobility can't promote social development. Jack infected Ruth with his talent, and finally brought Ruth into the third-class party, one-sided. Only when we see hope, freedom and equality in the social environment can mobility be desirable and promote social development. It is difficult for the lower class to move upward, but what about the upper class moving downward? It's harder. Before and after the two dinners, first-class elegance and third-class madness, one is hypocritical elegance and the other is true inner happiness. It is this reverse balance that keeps the society relatively stable for a long time, although it is a strict hierarchy.
On the other hand, in the current China society, social mobility has ripple-like obstacles. The slogan "No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education, and no matter how hard you suffer, you can't be poor in children" is still applicable now, but the education that can't be poor now can't change our poor situation and can't generate income for local finance, but it will make us poorer. If there is a problem with social concepts, the responsibility is of course education. However, when education can't promote the mutual mobility of social classes, it becomes the chief culprit of the widening gap between the rich and the poor. What can we expect?
20 1 1 There is an article in the 24th issue of Readers: "Look at the rich sons in Germany". Perhaps under the capitalist system, it suddenly gave birth to the social class mobility between the two generations. China, after five thousand years of cultural baptism, has been engraved in our bones, which is an innate instinct. I yearn for such a society, a democratic society of equality, freedom and fraternity. My heart belongs only to my own democratic world!
Secondly, the distribution of social resources is unbalanced and content with the status quo.
Titanic is about to set sail. When boarding the ship, the upper class, represented by Ruth, was loaded with all kinds of luggage and more than a dozen boxes, and then transported to the luxury suite in the first class with the waiter. On the other hand, Jack boarded the plane with a small bag at the last minute. Before entering this society, what they had was different, which was so consistent with the social phenomena of "the second generation of officials", "the second generation of power" and "the rich second generation" in China society. After boarding the ship, the camera switches between the first class and the third class, and the luxury suite and the third class are bunk beds or bunk beds, so their social resources are seriously unbalanced. Even in the public domain of society-the resources they have on deck are different, so third-class passengers can only look up. It can be seen that this so-called "X second generation phenomenon" has a long history. Not only abroad, the "X-II phenomenon" embodied in China's bullying, bullying the people and oppressing the tiger in ancient times is even more serious.
In the real world, many people, like Jack's friends, sleep in their "small bunk" with peace of mind, and then "enjoy" their lives with the status quo. Jack, on the other hand, may not be eager to enter the upper class, but he is eager to have what he likes-Ruth ready at any time. He doesn't believe that friends say it is so elusive. Finally, Jack walked into his beloved woman with his talent for painting, and tied Ruth's heart firmly with his talent.
I wonder if you still remember Jack's reaction to Degas and Monet's paintings when he followed Ruth into the room? At that time, Jack couldn't help shouting, "Monet", and then went to Monet's later work, Water Lily, and squatted down to enjoy it quietly. For the upper class, these famous paintings are just arty decorations in the room. For Jack, these famous paintings are the objects of his worship and his inner yearning. One exists in the material world and the other in the spiritual world. People with dreams are divorced from the social class in the process of pursuing their dreams, and their world belongs only to their own souls.
Finally, the disaster broke the reverse balance and temporarily became equal.
With the rapid development of material, human ambitions and desires are also expanding. Titanic was a display of human ambition in the early 20th century, and the last disaster temporarily destroyed human desire. In setbacks, human beings collide with natural disasters again and again. When the Titanic hit an iceberg, when the lifeboat was not equipped enough, and when everyone wanted to escape, all the audience heard a sentence that did not reflect strict social class, "Let the women and children go first!" At this moment, everyone is equal before life. The vastness of the ocean reflects the smallness of human beings, which is not enough to obliterate social classes, but in the face of life, we did it, in the capitalist society at the beginning of the 20th century. Looking back, we can reflect on the present society. Even in front of life, how many people are doing things that will make them restless all their lives, and the progress of social progress always uses the blood of the people to pry the gears of progress.
"Women and children first" is a sentence, but it is not just a sentence. It bears the unbearable weight of normal society, is a reflection on human nature, is a mockery of social class, and is a fear of life. Before life, everyone is equal! No matter when, no matter what kind of system, society always needs a standard, and then it can promote social development and achieve order, but it may not protect everyone's interests. Just like the college entrance examination and national examination that many people despise, although unfair, there is no better way to solve the problem at present. Just like the phrase "women and children go first" when the ship sinks, it is not perfect, but useful!
On the Titanic, we saw an optimistic and positive attitude towards life. At the same time, we also saw the scene of drag out an ignoble existence in front of life. Ruth is great, the band is great, and the staff are great. They surpassed the social class at that moment, and they maintained the world order for God. We saw their helplessness and their responsibility.
The balance that the disaster breaks is short-lived. After being taken ashore, the social order was reset. Only when the social balance is difficult to maintain, the social form will often change in the form of war and enter another balance again. Fortunately, society is always moving in the direction of democracy and freedom! Please don't contradict me with "Napoleon Pig" in George Orwell's Animal Farm. I always have good eyesight.
As far as China is concerned, social contradictions are prominent in stages, and laws are constantly improving in setbacks. The problems faced by China in the transitional period cannot be completely solved at once, but at this stage, all social strata are still in a dynamic state of balance, which will not be broken in a short time. Although the CPI is rising, the moral bottom line is being considered again and again, and other local problems are prominent, as long as the balance is not broken, the society will remain in a relatively stable state and continue to develop. . .