The movie starts off in World War 2; with a high amount of animosity the main character David Green is a middle class Jewish citizen who lives Scranton, Pennsylvania. He gets a scholarship to a rich school known as St. Mathews Prepatory in Massachusetts.
David a Middle class citizen going to rich prep schools causes social class differences. Not only was he a Jew but he was also a middle class citizen, who was looked down upon in the school. Also there were occurrences when Jewish remarks were said where David had to assimilate his beliefs and traditions to fit in with the group. One occurrence was when one student said he got the boom box they were listening to for a cheap price. Another person asked if he had Jewed down the price, as if Jews were greedy and didn't like spending money. David did nothing and didn't say anything to get him in a sticky situation instead he assimilated with the rest of the kids. This was just one of the ways the kids at the school showed......
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