The Lady and The Tramp

We all heard of a movie called The Lady and The Tramp. It’s about two dogs that are from different social classes meet and get married in the end. It’s a famous classical Disney movie which demonstrates The American Dream ideology and the clear division in social class. In the beginning of the movie it shows how and where the upper class dogs live in very sophisticated and luxurious houses. Then on the other side, the dirty, uncared for, the lower class dogs who lived in the muddy streets. In sociology we see the division in how each dog was behaving and the way they were talking. Each class was very different from each other, they made that very obvious in the movie. Other than where they lived and how they acted, there was another thing that separated the upper class from the lower class. It was the golden collar that was owned by the “elite” dogs. It was an example of conspicuous consumption and it was emphasized on a lot in the movie and how owning one is the dream of every dog. Moreover, the social inequality was present in this movie in terms of how each dog is treated. A dog with a collar is treated differently than a dog without a collar. The upper class dogs received the better treatment. In the movie lady and tramp meet and instantly Tramp is being misjudged by Lady’s upper class friends and they stereotyped him. There is a famous scene in the movie where Tramp takes lady to an Italian restaurant and tries to show her the street life and the real world, she enjoyed her time, but it wasn’t the life she wanted. In the end of the movie it was tramp that achieved social mobility and moved up in the social class. Which shows that it’s a more desirable class and that people shouldn’t give up and work hard and they will achieve social mobility. The American Dream ideology was achieved, that everything is possible, if a person or in this case a dog worked hard enough they will reach their dreams.