Annotation: "At every stage of the performance of middle-class identity, one looks at the others in the social networks to gauge how much they accept the performance."

I find this line to be quite interesting. To me, this line represents how people often need to look at the circumstances of others in order to evaluate the conditions their own lives. I am guilty of doing this. For example, if I see someone who drives a nicer car than me, I often assume that their lives are better than mine, solely based on the fact that they are driving a nicer car than me. People often times forget to appreciate the to appreciate the things they have, and need to realize that just because they may not have the nicest or most expensive things in life, does not mean that their lives are worse off, compared to those who do the nicest or most expensive things. People need to stop comparing their lives to the lives of others, appreciate the things they have, and work towards improving their own lives, instead of putting themselves down by looking at the circumstances of others.