Identify and explain each of Walter Miller's focal concerns as they relate to lower -class culture.

• Trouble is a dominant feature of lower-class culture and involves getting into or staying out of trouble.
• Toughness may reflect an obsessive concern with masculinity.
• Smartness means to outwit and outfox others.
• Excitement is the search for thrills to overcome the boredom inherent in lower-class lifestyles.
• Fate is related to excitement and is part of the lower-class thought that they do not have control over their lives.
• Autonomy means that the individual believes that he can take care of himself and does not need anyone.