The lives of the lower class people as depicted by Apuleius are different in a multitude of ways. There is a "lower class" status as many people are correctly labeled throughout the story, but there are many different types of lower class citizens. There are slaves, freed ex-slaves, farmers, and just really poor people who are forced to fight for survival. All of these types of people can be correctly identified as "lower class." Some lower class people are treated much more relentlessly by masters, the law, and everyone else in general. By no means does the lower class have a vague and colloquial lifestyle, and Apuleius continuously proves this theory throughout the story.

The lives of the lower class during antiquity were a lot more physically demanding and problematic compared to the rest of society. Farmers often had a lot of "down time" and slaves were not...