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The main characters of the family on class and generational migration

: mother (occupation unknown), father (long deceased, heating manufacturer, the main breadwinner of the family), uncle (artist), eldest son (Professor of Economics at Sciences Po) , youngest son (Puma technical engineer, resident in China), daughter (handicraft designer, resident in New York), maid (similar to mother's age, has a relative who drives a taxi).

First, pay attention to the relationship between the mother and the father. It seems that the father is the main source of income for the family, but the mother obviously has more cultural capital. Her mother looked down on her father, and changed her maiden name back to her maiden name after her father's death, and spent a happy emotional life with her uncle, the artist. Perhaps it is not difficult to imagine that the relationship with the artist also includes artistic inspiration, such as the influence on his uncle's late works. After my uncle passed away, my mother volunteered to be the guardian of all these arts, feelings, and memories, keeping the family as it was when my uncle was alive.

Secondly, pay attention to the relationship between several children and the previous generation. The most interesting point is the eldest son. The eldest son said that his mother and father encouraged him to major in economics. In fact, I prefer to believe that it was my father's idea, because my father is an industrialist, and my mother is more of an artist (the mother is not even interested in watching his son's first masterpiece). In other words, on the important issue of the eldest's occupation, the father's influence prevailed. The eldest son is actually continuing the class difference between his parents: as a professor at a prestigious school, he always says that his books are full of technical terms, meaningless, and he also seems unconfident when discussing with critics.

In addition, the mother has a very careful observation of her daughter's artistic cells, although they have great differences in their preferred styles. More importantly, although the daughter has inherited the artistic cells of her mother, she is obviously more business-minded. On the one hand, she is setting up a design company, and on the other hand, her handling of her uncle's relics is more inclined to commercial operation. .

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