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oppresses him; he must change it."91 Burke called the
struggles to change human conditions the "Human Barnyard,"
by which he meant that they were foibles and antics of
humans as they compete.92 The division which results from
competition is compensatory to identification. Burke
related it to rhetoric when he wrote: "If men were not
apart from one another, there would be no need for the
rhetorician to proclaim their unity. If men were wholly
and truly of one substance, absolute communication would
be of man's very essence."93
The divisiveness produced by humans competing in a
socio-economic situation is directly related to the Burkeian
theory of hierarchy. Burkeian hierarchy is primarily con-
cerned with order. Humans are born into a certain class,
but they have the option of transcending to various levels
of the hierarchial system. The principle of hierarchy can
be considered a universally permanent pattern, for in all
societies there are always superiors, inferiors, and
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equals. The concept of mystery is an integrated part
of the hierarchial system, for in "any order, there will be
the mysteries of hierarchy."95
Mystery exists in all socially structured environments,
for "all social structures are based on class divisions."96
Persons in one class appear "strange" to people in another
class as one social class often seems "shut-off" from other
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Timmerman, Susan McCue. A Burkeian Analysis of the Rhetoric of Gloria Steinem, thesis, August 1973; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935569/m1/30/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .