Sanders The men we carry in our minds
Scott Russell Sanders wrote an argument entitles, "The Men We Carry In Our Minds." It deals with the problems that exist between sex and social class issues. This short work demonstrates troubles that lie between rich and poor, males and females. The time period that this piece was written tells of issues dealing with the earlier part of the 20th century. Sander's was born into a poor, low-class family that had only known hard labor. During his childhood he witnessed many a men go to the same job day in and day out to do back breaking labor so as to support their families. From his yard he had a view of the prison and watched black prisoner's slave away against the land. Watching them were guards dressed in white that didn't raise an arm or bend their backs to do their job. Sanders claimed that, "As a boy, [he] also knew of another sort of [man], who did not sweat and break down like mules" (Sanders 515). He saw soldiers, who didn't work in the factories or the fields, as far as he could tell they didn't work at all. He watched these s
Sanders, Scott Russell. The Men We Carry In Our Minds. Literacies. Brunk, Terence. Diamond, Suzzane. Perkins, Priscilla. Smith, Ken. New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. 513-518. In conclusion, Sanders realized that the women he met wanted to share in the grandeur of wealthy jobs worthy of degrees and intelligence. He also realized, "The difference between me and these daughters was that they saw me, because of my sex, as destined from birth to become like their fathers, and therefore as an enemy to their desires" (Sanders 518). Sanders main point was that it is easier to overcome gender than class, which is portrayed in his argument.
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Approximate Word count = 711
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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