Introduction: In society today, a person's social standing suggests very little beyond your income. In English society back then, social class had much more meaning than that. Where you stood on the social ladder indicated not only wealth, but also your rights as a human (what can or can’t be said, who you may or may not talk to). Social class back then was more than the amount of money you owned. It was upkeeping an image by owning things, people, and acting the part. Throughout the book we can see the volatility of social status in every character.
Conclusion - Today, social class does not really mean much about how people treat others. Back then, it was a huge part of your life, how rich you were in the social ladder. In Wuthering Heights, most of the characters social status fluctuated. We can see the way these characters are treated in the book, whether they're treated well, bad, ignored, as if they just exist, etc. This book has taught us a lot in how much the world has changed. We should not treat people the way that they were treated in the book. Everyone should be treated equally. Learn they're WHOLE story, not just what you see on the outside.