I think that because Martin Eden is from the working class, he will not or never give up on his dreams. That he will keep writing till he succeeds, and succeeds in achieving his dreams. His dreams of to be famous. His mentality is strong, his work mentality, having worked hard his whole life, and coming from the working class compared to Martin Eden it is a achievable dream. Even if someone like Ruth doesn't want Martin to pursue that dream, Martin in a way do truly believe that he can make it happen. I also think that every aspect of this book can be somehow applied back to labor, applied back to the topic of working/upper class such as conversation, clothes, hygiene, physicality, and etc.

In Ruth's mind, Ruth really wants Martin to change to a man that she ideally wants. Even though in the Beginning Ruth was attracted to Martin in the first place because of how different Martin was. "She was shocked by this thought.   It seemed to reveal to her an undreamed depravity in her nature.   Besides, strength to her was a gross and brutish thing.   Her ideal of masculine beauty had always been slender gracefulness.   Yet the thought still persisted.   It bewildered her that she should desire to place her hands on that sunburned neck.   In truth, she was far from robust, and the need of her body and mind was for strength.   But she did not know it.   She knew only that no man had ever affected her before as this one" (Jack London. Martin Eden (Kindle Locations 167-170). ) Even though it starts with a odd attraction ironically as their relationship progressed, Ruth wants Martin to be the opposite of himself, to have the quality of a man in her class. I believe in relationships in general it is actually normal to be attracted to the opposite, and overtime wanting to change someone for their preference. In this case, in this statement Ruth wants Martin to have a sensible career thats beneficial to the both of them, and that is achievable. Also, the thought process for Ruth, and Martin is significantly different. It's probably because of their class. Working class people generally all have a big dream that they want to achieve, mostly of them being unachievable, because its so big, and distant. Ruth being the educated rational person suggests Martin to have more of a concrete, planned out, achievable goal. Career for him that would at least be possible.

This very description of Ruth is the image that is always describe or shown in media of her character of high class. I recently glimpsed a television show that was on call "versailles" the women in the castle were all always elegant, pure, pretty, clean, and just beautiful. When I imagine Ruth as I read, I always imagine her as one of the ladies in the show. In a big major way Ruth is pure, clean, innocent, and untouched is because of her class. When we compare Ruth to Lizzie they are total opposites. Like how Lizzie's hands are rough, scared, and hardened. Hands that have been worked to death, because she has to. For Ruth her hands are soft, small. elegant, untouched, haven't done a work in her life. The working class people are really like a slave to the body. Compared to them Ruth looks like an angel, so pure, so innocent, so penetratingly innocent.

One of the biggest contemporary example of class difference that I see almost everyday is speech. The way the different social classes talk immediately distinguishes from one another. Working in a work place where I deal with customers hands on the upper or more of the middle class people have proper, and clean grammar, and well spoken all throughout. With the lower class folks having broken english, and incorrect grammar. And with Martin Eden we all know he is a clear example of someone transitioning to the upper class. When Ruth first talks to Martin in the first chapter his english is quite awful, reminds me when I first started to learn english "shocked her from moment to moment with his awful grammar". "Yes, I ain't no invalid". Martin kind of reminds me of Frankenstein's monster when in bride of frankenstein he learns how to talk. A monster who tries to learn to be civil.