Wealthy Disregrd

Aphelion is the point on the orbit of a celestial body that is farthest from the sun. The aphelion was very extravagant. Perihelion is the point nearest the sun in the orbit of a planet or other celestial body. The perihelion of earth is near darmonth of June. Objuration is to bind by oath. The objuration occurred between the king and his men. Desultory is to jump from one thing to another. President Bush’s speeches are often desultory. Cornucopia is an abundance of a certain item. Fast food restaurants are very cornucopia in the United States. Demagoguery is impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace. The Demagoguery failed to appeal to the public.

Julian West of Looking Backward was engaged to Edith Bartlett, a wealthy Boston aristocrat. They planned to get married after their new house was finished, but frequent strikes by the builders delayed the completion of the project for over a year. Strikes were common during this era, but often failed to gain anything for the workers. Julian suffered insomnia, and thus was forced to build an underground chamber to protect him from the noise.

During this era, there was a clear distinction between the upper class and the lower class. In essence there was no middle class. A person was either poor or wealthy. West was a part of the minority that enjoyed an unequal distribution of wealth. He was in the class that believed those who lacked the resources of wealth were inferior to them. Once class