Very well done!
- "that he is really only a step above slaves in the social hierarchy": very important observation because the family belongs to the so called "white trash", the poorest Southerners whose status was in fact below the one of black slaves.
- interesting about the two "aristocratic" Southern families: true that rich Southerners imitated European aristocracy, but "the notion of new-money businessmen" is related to the turn of the 19-20th centuries, especially in the Nort-eastern States.
- about the bildungsroman: excellent!
E. K.
- "that he is really only a step above slaves in the social hierarchy": very important observation because the family belongs to the so called "white trash", the poorest Southerners whose status was in fact below the one of black slaves.
- interesting about the two "aristocratic" Southern families: true that rich Southerners imitated European aristocracy, but "the notion of new-money businessmen" is related to the turn of the 19-20th centuries, especially in the Nort-eastern States.
- about the bildungsroman: excellent!
E. K.