the upper class mapped the city into places they would go and places they wouldn’t. this meant that they lived in the west and the stroies and incidents that went on in the east end were shocking and fascinating to them. Shilling shockers were written to shock thrill and entertain the upper class who could read. The lower class were illiterate and were the subject of the stories. A major worry for upper classes was the lower class- the influx of people coming into the city in search of work or housing. This could eventually leave the rich outnumbered and almost ‘endangered’