Marxism And Greed

Throughout The Good Earth we come across many tough conflicts both internally and externally, but even so, many of them we can relate to. Wang Lung, O-Lan, Lotus, Ching, and the rest of Wang Lung’s family all must deal with conflicts between each other, with nature, and within themselves. But they aren’t so different from us and we find ourselves in many of the same situations that our beloved characters do. Wang Lung deals with guilt and greed throughout the novel and it is something that most people can relate to in the entirety of their life.

How unfortunate it was that the brilliant Bernard Marx of Brave New World, a man isolated by the emotions which are numb to the rest of society, is driven off the edge of sanity in an attempt to share these emotions.The tortured, misunderstood Alpha-plus man that wanted more out of life then to indulge in sexual ecstasies regulated by this “utopian” society was denied this throughout his life. At first, he was a subtle man, but then became a man that was pervaded by extreme jealousy and ego.

All teens are separated into categories and stereotypes, or so you think so. The breakfast club is fit for the Marxist lens because of how the movie represents socio-economics issues, class issues and wealth issues. The principal said to Bender that he should not mess with the principal, how Claire is considered “ rich”, and the stereotype class of each student.

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently” (Andersen). Spoken by Henry Ford, the creation of the Model T gives Brave New World its sense of century placement. In Aldous Huxley’s work, a new society where Ford is referred to as a god, history and relationships do not exist and suffering is unknown due to a mainstreamed drug created due to failure of the Before Ford society. This advanced dictatorship proves technologically savvy, as people are created through a scientific process, leading to thousands of identical people. Bernard Marx and John the Savage are fortunately questioning the way this world works, and ending in suicide demonstrates the citizens reciprocal effect on government institutions. In Brave

In his play The Importance of Being Earnest (1895, London St. James’ theater), Oscar Wilde portrays the attitudes and society of Victorian upper class through character interactions within the ‘Bunburyist’ adventures of Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing. The play’s comedic elements, in addition to the portrayal of power structures, are used as an effective medium to challenge the viewer to reflect upon Wilde’s criticism on institutions and values of the aristocracy. In conjunction to this, deeper analysis can be conducteds about marriage in Victorian aristocracy and their attitudes to members of other social groups.

In chapter two of Money, Greed, and God, Jay W. Richards says that the federal government doesn 't appropriately distribute welfare to those who need it. In addition, Richards says that the government should simply stay out of matters this small because they could be better handled by smaller more locally run organizations. In essence, the federal government is “too big” to know how to help the needy. I completely disagree with this assertion. Although the federal government is big and oblivious to who exactly needs what, it is still a necessary part of the welfare distribution system because of the money it has and all the power needed to deliver said funds. Giving the money to the smaller organizations, especially Christian ones like churches,

In Rand’s Anthem, O’Neill’s “Hairy Ape”, Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter, and Miller’s “Crucible”, an individual’s bad choices determine the reputation assigned by a conformed society. These four books have characters that have different personalities from each other but still end up sharing similar problems within a conformed society. A conformed society is where people follow certain rules just because they are afraid of the consequences that come with not following the rules. Conformity impacts the way that someone thinks because of the influences around them. It can be a good thing, but in these character’s live they make bad choices that impact their reputation. The way that these characters think is what makes them different from society,

Commodity fetishism refers to the transformation of human relations formed from the exchange of commodities in the market. Human relations form between people of trade in goods and services in the market expressed in terms of the objectified economic relations among currency. Commodity fetishism allows the ability to transform individuality, conceptual aspects of financially viable value into objective and real things that people think have intrinsic value. (Rubin, 1990,5)

In Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild the main character Christopher Johnson McCandless describes what he is looking for on his Odyssey as “ultimate freedom”. What does it mean to achieve “ultimate freedom”? Well, to everyone it is different, however to Christopher, it is to be free from other people's rules. Throughout McCandless whole life he finds authority, particularly oppressive. To live completely alone, where the only laws he feels the need to follow are those of nature, is to him, “ultimate freedom”. In the book, Christopher McCandless rejected the American Dream and sought a more fulfilling experience in the wilderness that is Alaska. His demise from starvation was the result of underestimating the scale of civilization and the uncivilized

When analysing The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson, it is evident that there are a multitude of effects on the writing and its writer. Specifically, the clash between Jon Do as a person, and the bureaucracy of the North Korean government. Marxism works to explain the struggle between social structure which pertains to the book because of an unjustly founded class system. Furthermore, Jon Do has experienced both social classes, and it is clear that Jon Do struggles with the constant conflict between his identity and who he is forced to be. Thus, Marxism can be applied to the book since Jon Do exemplifies how the North Korean government consistently imposes socialistic values, and forces citizens to abide by those existing social classes

Society explicitly molds a façade of conformity which aids in the direct manipulation and social castration of the individual, those with free spirits defiantly choosing not to fall victim to societal convention. Consequently, history is tainted with the continuous oppression of particular groups, a prominent one being women. The role of women in society has been purposefully dictated in order to maintain this false sense of societal uniformity. Furthermore, women have been subjugated to submissive roles in which any deviation from these predetermined standards labels an individual as an outlier. Specifically, in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, Edna Pontellier is an anomaly. Immersed in stereotypes, Edna boldly shatters the constraints imposed by society through her ability to think

The topic I chose to conduct my research on is the short story “The Story of an Hour”, by Kate Chopin. While reading this story the deeper meaning may not be initially apparent, but after some careful analyzation it is clear what led to Mrs. Mallard’s demise. I have chosen to conduct my research on “The Story of an Hour” because I previously studied it in my Intro to Fiction course last semester and it’s impactful message stood out. The deeper message being communicated through “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is how oppression by patriarchal forces hinders female independence.

In the Communist manifesto, a well known quote of Marx, “the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” This is introductory to the first part of the pamphlet and a conclusion to Marx’s theory about class struggle. Marx’s highly structured on how the class struggle emerges and affects the development of a society.

According to Marx, capitalism does not work because the working class people, the proletariat, who are ultimately responsible for the production of goods do not reap the benefits, but are rather exploited by the bourgeoisie. This is why communism requires that people pool their labor in order to collectively own the means of production as well as the products. Marx asserts that the very drive to production that characterizes capitalism results in it burning itself out: in order for capitalism to continue flourishing and increasing its means of production, it must further exploit the proletariat; however, repression is only possible when the repressed are being maintained consistently, and the living conditions for the proletariat are only diminishing

Karl Marx (1818-1883) considered himself not to be a sociologist but a political activist. However, many would disagree and in the view of Hughes (1986), he was ‘both – and a philosopher, historian, economist, and a political scientist as well.’ Much of the work of Marx was political and economic but his main focus was on class conflict and how this led to the rise of capitalism. While nowadays, when people hear the word “communism”, they think of the dictatorial rule of Stalin and the horrific stories of life in a communist state such as the Soviet Union, it is important not to accuse Marx of the deeds carried out in his name.