Iam trying to say that this piece of literature shows that the upper class were hollow people and not actually living it up like people around them thought that they were. they were hollow people who did not notice and did not care to notice the things around them and they did not feel any way towards it. they were not happy people, they were only trying to drown everything out. how do i say this in one sentence and still sound educated?

98 ! use evidence from the text to support each response. complete at least one full paragraph for each question.1. select one of the stories or poems in this unit and identify the author's purpose for writing. then, identify the theme of that same story or poem. what is the difference between the theme and the author's purpose? are they the same, or are they different? 2. what views about what's important do most of the stories and poems in this unit share? how do the selections differ in their views of what's important? 3. name two pieces that share a theme and explain how each story develops this theme. try to answer them all. !