Paul Fussell writes about Class in America

Fussell posits a way out of the class cages he has so ruthlessly described. You can escape them by becoming what he calls an "x person." He writes:

"You earn x-personhood by a strenuous effort of discovery in which curiosity and originality are indispensable."

--Dwight Garner review of Class: a guide through the american status system, New York Times, July 28, 2017