Rushmore Class

Social Class

Social Class is one of the main underlying themes of Rushmore and everyday life. We spend everyday of our life wrapped up in social class. There is a large devision between the wealthy and the poor. In the movie Rushmore this social devision is examined by looking at what it takes to be in the wealthy groups, to go to the good school and to come from a well off background. Max Fisher, the lead character of the movie, comes from a relatively poor background but because of his own merit was granted access to the private school. The school or Rushmore is filled with rich people and Max pretends to be from a wealthy background to fit in. After being expelled from Rushmore for taking things too far, he starts attending the public school. The deference's between the two schools highlights the meaning of class to an individual. Everything from colors to general atmosphere shows how the public school is worse off. Even though Max was born into a poor family he escapes his social class for a while but he will always be different because of it. He makes good use of his opportunities working hard but not in the right places. In the end everyone is the same and has to work just as hard at a high school level but as you get older, the lower your social status the harder life is.