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In both Middle Passage and “The Frill” one prominent similarity is the perceived difference in social status and intelligence. Many different vantage points fuel the way people speculate about other cultures. In “The Frill”, the author (Pearl S. Buck) shows how Mrs. Lowe believes herself to be of higher social standing than the Chinese tailor she hires. Also, she constantly reminds the tailor that he is not well educated by speaking down to him. We see similar themes in the novel Middle Passage. The Caucasian men judge themselves to be better and smarter than the Allmuseri they capture. They show this by consistently demeaning them and ordering the slaves around. In both stories, we see how bad the lower class groups have it. In “The Frill”, we recognize that the tailor really has a dreary and meaningless life. In Middle Passage, the audience is struck with the struggles of an African slave aboard the Republic.

To begin with, Mrs. Lowe regards herself t...

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