Research Paper on:
Alan Wolfe's One Nation, After All

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The Right, The Left and Each Other" is, as the title suggests, a look at what Americans really think about many different things in the country. It is a study  that involves the interviews of 200 middle class citizens and a study that essentially allows them to talk about their most serious concerns. In the following paper we examine the  information that Wolfe obtains as seen in his work. One Nation, After All Wolfe begins his book by stating "As the middle class goes, so goes America" (1). In  this, and the words that follow, Wolfe argues that almost all Americans want to be middle class, or assume they are middle class. Much of the structure of the society  is built around this middle class, and as such Wolfe obviously believes that it is the opinions of these middle class individuals which mirrors the state of the culture of  America. As can be imagined, considering the lengthy title of the work, the subjects covered by the individuals who were interviewed is quite extensive. We have one woman, Mrs.  Vogel, for example, who discusses schools, religion, being a part of a community, and inner city drug users who "lack a sense of moral rightness and wrongness" (Wolfe 3). And,  this is only one of 200 interviews which presents us with the knowledge that a lot of information will be discussed by these middle class individuals. In better presenting  some of the information we break it down into some of the categories discussed and assessed by Wolfe. The first is family. As would perhaps be expected, we find that  many Americans are concerned about the quality of family life as they strive to keep up with changes. Those whose family consists of both parents working worry about the quality