Ms. Lucy And The Fence: A Feminist Analysis

In a society where people are cloned and capitalism rules, the structure of this society has to be held by a strong and powerful social disposition as a form of class structure and is essential for the order of the society. This strong social disposition forces clones to be othered as another layer of the social structure, which is a sub-consequence of class difference, and to limit their rights, rules in the form of frightening ideas are made to maintain this class structure like any other social structures. These ideas limit each group of individuals to certain that cannot be crossed under any circumstance. This idea of frightening the individuals to limit them and control everything about their lives is displayed in the conversation between Ms. Lucy and the clones …show more content…
Symbolism is displayed in this quote to add more meaning to this particular fence which represents the barrier and class separator between the clones and the outer world that the school do not want the clones to be exposed to. Moreover, Marxist theory explains this attempt from Ms. Lucy, because as mentioned she is the guardian of the students representing the higher class structure, which are in this case humans, she is trying to control them strictly which is a form of exploitation of the proletariat layer of the society. In addition, the quote displays how these ideas are being made to limit the clones and alienate them from the outer world, creating difference and limiting these individuals to do what the higher status people can do. In all societies, class structure helps a lot in maintaining order of the society in multiple