Dogmatism of middle class

Throughout the course, there are some really interesting patterns of behaviors that come associated with different set of classes in the society. We can segregate, for the sake of simplifying, the elite from the middle class. 

Often the elite is targeted as dictators of the interests of other segments of the society.  However, the different genre’s we analysed show the role of middle class in a very different light.Though the elite is targeted by the middle class for the misuse of their power, but the same is true for the middle class as well. 

In ‘Main to dekhun ga’ by Strings, we encounter this situation where people belonging to urban section of the society are acting as guides for the betterment of people belonging to rural areas. The critique here revolves around the elite. In ‘Hatak’ as well, the class acts as an important factor in the making of an exilic figure. In ‘Bol’, there is also an idea of superiority of middle class. This issue is highlighted in Basti as well through Zakir's family. 

I found this pattern particularly interesting because many people belonging to the middle class do not consider this an issue. The people belonging to the lower segment are considered ‘jaahil’,and morally corrupt. The point of moral corruption is also held up against the upper classes. In this layering of classes, as we move upward, there is an effort for the formation of a dominant moral code that envelopes other classes.The failure to live up to the standards then results into exclusion. Hence, in the end, the middle class pretty much submerges in the elite in their dogmatism but tries to maintain itself as a distinct entity for its own satisfaction, maybe.