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Lois's mother tells Dickie about her dead husband as an attempt to make him feel sympathy in the hopes he will take pity and date her daughter and provide the family with more money.

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Looking at the work through a Marxist lens, Dickie and George hold power over Lois and Adelaide because there is a power imbalance due to their gap in wealth.

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class inequality is displayed by Dickie because he displays his wealth over others because he wasn't taught to respect other people with less status and the value of money.

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Dicky has power over the others as he is rich and is the one driving the car. Because he is a white man and in society they have the most societal power and control, he chooses what happens and what they do and everyone goes along with it because they want the status and benefits that comes with being friends/in a relationship with someone who has money.

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The lower class has more of a struggle, while the upper class is living an easier life and using their wealth to take advantage of the lower class.

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Dickie has power over others due to his wealth.

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Lois being forced to drop out of school to work in a factory shows that Lois is in a very unfortunate situation and due to this fact she is willing to get exploited by Dickie if it means he might stick around and help out financially, just like her last partner.

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In this story you notice that one character has a good amount of power and that is Dickie. Dickie demonstrates the power of a man who is rich. A man who has wealth has a ton of power and we see that in the story from Dickie just by the way he treats the women in this story. -Fyeed

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The significance of Lois dropping out and going into the work environment shows her struggles in life and how hard she has to work to make ends meet.

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The are not many opportunities in the lower-class that live in a small town, which gives the people in the middle and upper-class more power. For example, Dickie had more power over Lois because of his wealth. If he is portrayed as wealthy in the small town, he will be average in an upper-class town. So, the small town setting is essentially what gives Dickie his power over others -Liam, Magnus, Farhad & Xavier

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It's an archetype for the lower class as not everyone there lives a good life. There's one "good restaurant" and some random lady sells alcohol (that doesn't even taste good).

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Lois's mother told Dickie about how her husband died to try and influence him to feel bad so there is a high chance he shares his wealth with them, knowing that the "breadwinner" is gone.

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Class inequality highlighted in this story is depicted through how the girl in this story who belongs o the lower class is made to compromise her true feelings and desires towards the guy, even though she doesn't like him for who he is she lets him exploit her.

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Maybe it was the mothers way to guilt trip him and make him feel bad for their situation which might have lead to Dickie replacing the father money wise and to take over paying for the bills and everything so they wouldn't worry about making ends meet.

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She wanted to show her mom that she is hanging out with a rich and powerful boy. On the other hand Lois maybe wanted to show the dickie that she is serious about him and that she wants more than just to hook up.

Drizz, Mahad, Fyeed, Leo

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Lois took Dickie inside to meet her mother because she was trying to influence him in hopes to create a long lasting relationship.

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The reason why she took Dickie to meet her mother because she wanted to replace the fathers position financially.

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Class inequality is very pivotal in this story as it gives Dicky the power to influence Lois or influence people to fulfill his desires.

Magnus, Xavier, Farhad, Liam

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She said this to make him feel like he now has to be one to take care of her, and to be the 'replacement' to her dad. Magnus, Xavier, Farhad, Liam

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The small town setting serves as an archetype because it shows the dynamics between the lower classes and the upper classes. The lower classes growing up more poor and treated like objects, while the upper classes are exploiting the lower classes for their own desires.

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We think that Dicky has power over others because he is rich and he is a man. These two things would give you great power when this story took place.

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They both knew they weren't being respected but they still stayed. Lois agrees to go out with Dicky because she sees the wealth before seeing the person. Dicky provides her with what she's wanted in life. Money, good clothes, etc. She might've also introduced Dicky to her mom to guilt him into staying. - Pranavi, Isabelle, Kayleigh

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In our opinion, both Dickie and George are exploiting Adelaide and Lois, due to them exploiting the power dynamic between them to get the women to sleep with them.

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The point of Loi's mother telling Dickie about her husband dying in an accident is to remind herself and her daughter to know their role, since they have no male figure.

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Small town setting serves as an archetype because having more power/money makes it easier to exploit in poor areas.

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it shows that Lois was never given anything in life and had to drop out of school for work so she can support her family. Because she is not as fortunate as others because of her dads passing. This lead her to feel that no one cared after her father and this is what lead to her hating people who have an easy life. -Xavier, Magnus, Farhad, Liam

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This signifies the lower class and how she was left to fight for herself (since no one cared) after her father died. It shows how during those times a woman's worth was based off of her male relative and that all of society did not care about what she did after her father died.

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The small town setting serves as an archetype as it involves the lower class and the upper class, reflecting how in real life these classes have differences and how the lower classes have struggles that need to be dealt with.

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Lois introduces Dickies to her mother to mock Dickie because she knows the whole point is to just hook up.

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We think that both of them are exploiting each other. Dickie showed up originally to take advantage of Lois just for intercourse, while Lois tried to use Dickie simply for his money as he had a obvious symbol of wealth which was his car. Although Lois was really unsuccessful in exploiting Dickie, she still attempted it, while Dickie himself did in fact take advantage of her.

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Dicky has the power over the others, simply because of his vast wealth. If we view this through Marxism lens, Dicky would have the power as he is much wealthier than the other characters and therefore will have more power over them - Liam, Xavier, Magnus, Farhad

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lois introduces him to the mother to try and rope him into a long lasting relationship. So Dickie may feel inclined to stay in her life and will be able to enjoy his wealth (Xavier, Liam, Magnus, Farhad

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We think that both of them are exploiting each other. The girl is exploiting the guy for her own benefit and thr guy is exploiting her in a more sexist way.

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he knew he was gonna exploit her the moment he laid eyes on her - Magnus, Xavier, Liam, Farhad