"The Culture Of Poverty"

Oscar Lewis, describes the meaning of the term "Culture Of Poverty" he refers to poverty as not a lack of wealth but lacking the behavioral and personality traits. He states how poverty can be passed down from generation to generation. People has two different views of the poor, one as them being "violent, evil, and criminal". Second, being as "blessed, happy, and kind". These two views are not factual but more stereotypical. People view the poor as criminal because they assume since they have no money they are going to steal it from others who are fortunate. While as the kind poor people they are happy and kind due to their non-greed actions toward their work. They take family and friends into consideration as long as they are surviving they are satisfied, in other words they wont reach higher to the next level in success because they are adapted to where they are now in the situation. As read in the article poverty happens in societies with high rates of unemployment, production for high profit, and wage labor. Also relies on the lack of education and literacy.

Transportation in Sao Paulo (Pardue)

Derek Pardue, contemplates on the City of Sao Paulo and it's transportation. Of how you can determine a person social class by what they ride for transportation. Whether a bus, train, or private ride are all factors that can be determine of a person's wealth or living. Pardue, conducts field-work interviews with two residents of Sao Paulo, who both take transportation not for what they can only afford but for their personal preference. One of them is a young boy named Robson, who comes from a middle to low class family. Who prefers to ride the bus than the train due to him wanting to experience the view of the City. The other informant named Edliane, who is a professional who had experienced taking the train and had a private driver, but enjoyed taking the subway than having being driven around; because of the Modern feel she gets when she see business people surrounded around the city. These two informants come from different social classes one poor and the other wealthy but both enjoy taking the subway, which leads to the moral of the article using the subway does not determine your social class because anyone can ride it whether poor or richhhh!