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Introduction
My research paper is on the topic of homeless
people and the Internet. My paper will combine the two and talk
about how one affects the other. The official topic of my research
paper is “How the writings of the homeless will affect the Internet
as a body of people.” The homeless people, as of now, do not
have access to the Internet so right now there are no websites
or writings by homeless people on the Internet. Does this means
that I will not be able to research my topic? No, I still will
be able to investigate my topic; I will just have to use a very
sideways method to get the information I need. As of right now
almost every website on the Internet has been made by upper/middle
class people. And almost everyone that is on the Internet are
upper/middle class people. So right now everyone of the Internet
only sees websites directed toward the upper/middle class. If
the homeless and lower class people gain access to the internet
and start building WebPages directed toward the lower class
then something will definitely change. What that is cannot be
precisely determined, but it can be predicted. The way I intend
to accomplish the task of writing a paper on a topic that has
no facts is not simple, but it will work. The plan is to study
other subjects where the public can see both the items directed
toward the upper and middle class and the items directed toward
the lower class. Both branches of the subjects will be studied
and the differences will be recorded. The subjects that will
be studied are, architecture, movies, fantasy books, and toys.
Architecture
I looked at the advertisements for houses
and Real Estate companies. I recorded how they presented themselves
to the two branches of society. The Real Estate companies on
the web that are directed toward those who have a great deal
of money to spend, are different than those that are directed
toward those who do not have much money to spend on a house.
The websites that advertises expensive houses have more pictures,
these pictures are of better quality, and they were done by
professionals. The expensive Real Estate websites also
had more houses located in better places while the inexpensive
Real Estate companies have locations in subdivisions and isolated
areas. The websites for expensive houses were friendly and very
in depth, while some of the websites for the inexpensive houses
were short and too the point. They didn’t give the site a homely
appeal. Some of the websites for the expensive houses had many
pages. They had pages for maps of the areas they sold houses
in, and pages filled with questions that potential buyers might
ask, and a page that had phone numbers, fax numbers, addresses,
and email addresses to all the their offices local and abroad.
Movies
When I did the reaearch for the movies I
didn't see a clear cut difference between the two types. I don't
think that any subject would have a clear cut difference though.
I looked at movies from a couple of different genres, I looked
at dramas and actions and gangsta/rappa films. Now it is true
that the upper class and the lower class both watch every genre
of movie out there, but certain types of movies are directed
toward certain classes. The movies directed toward upper class
citizens, like Apollo 13, The Bodyguard, and The Fugitive, all
deal with problems and situations that upper class people deal
with. For example in Apollo 13, the third attempt at landing
on the moon going wrong. This is the story for the upper class
citizen. This is what they care about; this is what they talk
about. These topics are important to them. In films like Boyz
N the Hood, Friday, and Dangerous Minds, these are being directed
toward the lower class. This is so, because the situations in
the films are situations the lower class would have seen or
could relate to. Movies directed toward upper class people are
more prone to have actors that the upper class would recognize,
like Harrison Ford and Kevin Costner. While the movies aimed
at the lower class would have actors that they would be familiar
with, like Lawrence Fishburne and Ice Cube. Some of the situations
in the films directed toward the lower class are drug dealers,
poor families, and gangs. The way film companies promote movies
for the upper class is different than the way companies present
films for the lower class. The differences between how the two
are advertised are that the films for the upper class show more
footage of the parts that they would be interested in. An example
of this would be when the James Bond film “Golden Eye” came
out. When the trailer for that movie came out there was a lot
of footage showing Bond driving the new BMW Z3 roadster. Only
people of the upper class would have enough money to be interested
in such a car. People of the upper class are interested to see
movies that they can relate to. The movies that are directed
toward the lower class are previewed with footage showing the
gunfights and the drug dealing.
Fantasy Novels
Most fantasy novels are directed toward
the upper class. Almost every fantasy novel that I can think
of has white characters in it. I’m not saying that anyone that
is not white is not in the upper class. Just that Black or Hispanic
fantasy does not seem to be very popular. I have searched for
fantasy novels with Black or Hispanic characters and I have
not found anything. I am sure that if I look hard enough and
long enough I would eventually find a cardboard box in
the back of a Goodwill somewhere filled to the brim with Hispanic
Fantasy novels. I'm sure that they are out there somewhere but
actually finding them is not easy. Of course no research should
be easy.
Toys
If one goes to the nearest Kmart or KB Toys
one will find differences between the way certain toys are sold.
Some are directed toward rich children while others are directed
toward poor children. These differences are not very obvious
but the differences are there. Toys that are
in the group directed toward the wealthy
children all have basically the same characteristics. They all
usually big and strong, electronic and fragile, or just for
looks. The toys that are in the group directed toward
the poor children also have some of the same traits. Most of
these toys were small, simple, and have multi-uses. It seems
to me that both sets of toys would be suitable for a young child,
just that the toys, depending on which ones the child played
with, might change his view on the world. If a child has only
small simple toys and that is all he knows then the child will
believe that the entire world is made up of simple things. This
is how the child will percieve the world. When the rich
children grow up having expensive toys that are very fragile,
electronic, and complicated then this child will percieve the
world as being a huge, intrecate network that can not pretect
itself from outside enemies. I think that the way companies
get different class children to buy certain toys is that the
company just geers the toy so that it really appeals to the
certain classes. The toys for the rich kids deal with things
that they are used to using. Examples of these things are computers
and software and video games. If the rich kid is into movies
or comic books then that child would also be adept to buy statuettes
of the different characters. If the child was from the poor
family then the toys directed toward the child would also deal
with things that the child is used to. Examples would be little
trucks and cars, fake guns and knives, and
Combination of the differences
Based on the four examples taked about above
it can be predicted what the affects the writings and WebPages
of the homeless will have on the Internet as a body of people.
In the first example with the archetechure, it was found out
that the differences between the way the public viewed the advertisements
of the rich houses and the poor were the pictures the two put
up and the quality of the photos, the locations avalible from
each of the two types, and the help each one provided, meaning,
phone numbers and a question/answer sheet. The main differences
between the two types of Real Estate advertising are that the
expencive advertising is more friendly, more colorful, and more
helpful. While the less expencive advertising is short and too
the point, but it is not as helpful or as astheticly pleasing.
These are the differences between the way
movies are directed toward the two classes. First the movies
for each of the classes depict subjects and topics that the
certain class would care about. This true for both so this is
not a difference. The only difference is the subjects or topics
the two types of movies show. The main difference between the
way the two types of movies are presented to the public is that
the movies directed toward the upper class have more things
that the upper class likes in their advertisments. A couple
of examples are, big cars or fast cars, and gadgets. The things
that the movies directed toward the lower class advertise are
gun fights, gangs, and drugs.
When I looked at the fantasy books, i discovered
something. I discovered that i couldn't find any fantasy books
by minority authors. I looked all over the Internet, but I didn't
find a thing. I would assume that the difference between the
two kinds of books would be that the fantasy books for the lower
class would be on subjects that the lower class is not a part
of. Some examples of these would be owning big houses, and being
famous. The fantasy books for the rich people would problaby
be about their wildest dreams. An couple of examples would be
going on an expedition into the desert to find diamonds,
or to be chased by bandits through a small rural town.
My differences between the toys was pretty
much the same as the ones before
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