ident of The United States. When Chance talked to the President he only talked of the garden but the President interpreted his words as something of importance. The reason being that Ben is one of the President's friends and before the conversation taken place Ben told the President that Chance was a very inspiring young man. Chance only knows about the garden and nothing else. When the President asked Chance about the economy, he phrased his words in such a way that Chance interpreted as if the President was asking about the garden. The President asked "... What do you think about the bad season on The Street?" Chance replied, "In a garden, growth has its season.... As long as the roots are not severed, all is well and all will be well." The President interpreted the words how he wanted to hear and he replied, "that what you've just said is one of the most refreshing and optimistic statements I've heard in a very, very long time." The president later quoted Chance's words in his speech. Kosinski also satirized the general high-class people. He hinted that that the high-class people have no clue about what is actually going on in the world. They are so engaged in themselves that they forget about others. The high-class people flow with general trend. They follow other people in their crowd. The high-class people read newspapers and magazines that they think will be able to enhance their knowledge of what is going out in the world. One example of that is what Elizabeth Eve's friend, Sophie, told about Chance. She said, "You look even handsomer than your photographs, and I must say I agree with Women's Wear Daily- you're obviously one of the best-dressed businessmen today...." (BT 85) Another example is when Chance was asked to write a book for Stiegler. Stiegler asked whether or not Chance was interested in writing a book for them because Chance had talked to the President previously and Stiegler wanted the view that Chance has of...
