Marxism is the political and economic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in which the concept of class struggle plays a central role in understanding of society’s supposedly development from bourgeois oppression under capitalism to a socialist and ultimately class less society.
Marxism in literature relates to class differences, economic and as well as complications of the capitalist system. It attempts to reveal the way in which our socioeconomic system is the ultimately source of our experience. Marxism believed that the class system and the large gap between the rich and poor would be bridged by the removal of capitalism and returning the means of production to the lower class and middle class people.
Class struggle, or class warfare …show more content…
Marx and Engels claim that for most of the history, there has been a struggle between those classes. This struggle is known as class struggle.
F. Scott Fitzgerald set this story during post world war l. However it does not celebrate the vibrant capitalist culture but reveals the darker side of society at the time. It highlight how the traditionalist of money decay personal values, as happened with Gatsby, when he lost everything because of life’s goal to reach the top of the heap. The richest character like Tom and Daisy, as well as the people who attend Gatsby’s parties are really the most unpleasant and shallow ones, making a mocking of the American dream.
Fitzgerald’s stand would appears to be critical of the upper class, as ultimately the rich characters come to unhappy, yet unintentionally or not, he reinforces stereotypes of the different classes and portrays poor people in a fairy negative light. The class that “The greats Gatsby” represents in the most positive light is the narrator himself, Nick who comes from a middle class family and seems to be the only one content with his
Marxism in literature relates to class differences, economic and as well as complications of the capitalist system. It attempts to reveal the way in which our socioeconomic system is the ultimately source of our experience. Marxism believed that the class system and the large gap between the rich and poor would be bridged by the removal of capitalism and returning the means of production to the lower class and middle class people.
Class struggle, or class warfare …show more content…
Marx and Engels claim that for most of the history, there has been a struggle between those classes. This struggle is known as class struggle.
F. Scott Fitzgerald set this story during post world war l. However it does not celebrate the vibrant capitalist culture but reveals the darker side of society at the time. It highlight how the traditionalist of money decay personal values, as happened with Gatsby, when he lost everything because of life’s goal to reach the top of the heap. The richest character like Tom and Daisy, as well as the people who attend Gatsby’s parties are really the most unpleasant and shallow ones, making a mocking of the American dream.
Fitzgerald’s stand would appears to be critical of the upper class, as ultimately the rich characters come to unhappy, yet unintentionally or not, he reinforces stereotypes of the different classes and portrays poor people in a fairy negative light. The class that “The greats Gatsby” represents in the most positive light is the narrator himself, Nick who comes from a middle class family and seems to be the only one content with his