Charlip refers to the views of other right at the beginning when she states” Marx and Engels

wrote” and continued to quote them. She then stated “ If only that were true, things might be
more simple”, Charlip acknowledges the other opinion but then adds her’s. Another part where
Chaplin refered to others was when she described what a sociology professor responded with
when she asked him about the shrinkage of the middle class. After statting his repsonse she
continued to state her argument about there being no specific definition for middle class.