In the mid 1800’s a philosopher by the name of Karl Marx along with minimal help from Friedrich Engels, came up with the political and economic theory of Marxism. Marxism philosophy states that everything in the world, especially the issues, are based upon economic status and therefore social classes of the world. It is stated in Marxism that there are ,in said social/economic classes the oppressed(during his time bourgeoisie) and the oppressors( during his time the proletariats), and that to become the classless society Marx believed the world should be, the oppressed had to overthrow the oppressors, this overthrowing may get violent but that is what would be required to create a truly equal world. Marxism overall expressed that everything about one’s life depends upon what socio-economic status they hold, and that was wrong, the world should forget all that and become a wholly classless society for the greater good. This Marxism philosophy gave rise to social/political movements such as Communism( real Communism not the messed up politics Lenin ,Stalin, and Hitler ,practiced and tried to claim was Communism). As well as giving life to a whole political party, the ideals of Marxism have influenced many individuals, including many writers who use the ideals of Marxism in their stories.
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Scott Fitzgerald, who greatly integrates Marxism into his novel, The Great Gatsby, by both agreeing, with how people's socio-economic status defined who they were and criticizing the upper class people, and challenging, with the way he portrayed certain character’s lives, parts of the
Scott Fitzgerald, who greatly integrates Marxism into his novel, The Great Gatsby, by both agreeing, with how people's socio-economic status defined who they were and criticizing the upper class people, and challenging, with the way he portrayed certain character’s lives, parts of the