Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield

     In an episode Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield, starting from Marge Simpson finding a nice dress at discount store, meeting her old rich friend at gas station, and being invited to the country club for rich people, this episode is related to their desire to be socially better and the reality they are facing. Because they are not that rich and have never had an opportunity to go to a place like the country club, Homer Simpson and two kids are reluctant to go there and be a part of rich community. However, Marge Simpson wants to join the country club because she just wants to be a part of rich community to be seen as a socially better family.
    As the episode goes on, Simpson family faces a lot of struggles between rich people lives and their reality. Marge has a really nice dress but ONE nice dress, Homer doesn't have his own golf clubs, and two kids don't even know what the rich lives are. Rich people watch them like they are evaluating if they can fit into their community. Marge does her best to be welcomed to their community sewing her one dress to different styles and asking her family to behave right. However, at the day the country club was about to accept them as one of members, Marge realizes that she forces her family to look better to be accepted, and that is not what family is about. At the end of the episode, she, at fast-food restaurant. says This is more comfortable place.
     In Marxist theory, rich stays rich and poor stays poor. Simpson's family is the representation of have-nots, in other word, they are not poor but not good enough to be a part of the rich community. They feel more comfortable at where they are used to be. Rich people spend time with rich people at the place where they always be, and others stay with others even though rich people were actually about to accept Simpson's family into their rich community.