What is Marxism? Marxism is the idea that capitalism a heavily class based society that causes alienation, commodification, and fragmentation. The differences in classes are heavily emphasized and juxtaposed to show contrast.
The film The Titanic took place in 1996 when a treasure hunter discovers a necklace at the bottom of the ocean. The necklace was called the “Heart of the Ocean” and had a rare jewel in the middle of it. Along with finding the necklace he finds a drawing of a woman wearing the necklace. The treasure hunter puts out an ad to see if anyone had any information on the necklace. Rose saw the ad and came into contact with him. The film than does a flashback into 1912 when Rose begins her story of the Titanic. The story Rose …show more content…
The idea between the bourgouise and the proletrait. The class system has been around for thousand of years and will be around for thousand of years to come. There are three divisions within the class system: upper, middle, and lower class. According to the book, “For Marxism, getting and keeping economic power is the motive government, the arts, science, technology, the media, and so on” (p. 3). The upper class is the one percent that holds ninety percent of our wealth. Rose the main character in the film would fall in this class group. Rose was born into a wealthy family where she is only familiar with her lifestyle. She wears eliquoent outfits and is very formal. Her family is shown staying the big, beautiful rooms and being dined on. The middle class is the people that are average, not rich but not poor-making it by. The lower class citizens are the poor people. Jack is a lower class citizen. In the film he talks about how he tries to make ends meet by working from place to place. Jack also mentioned how he was sleeping under a bridge just before he won his ticket to set sail on the Titanic. Jack said he had everything he needed air in his lungs and his pencils for drawing and thats all he
The film The Titanic took place in 1996 when a treasure hunter discovers a necklace at the bottom of the ocean. The necklace was called the “Heart of the Ocean” and had a rare jewel in the middle of it. Along with finding the necklace he finds a drawing of a woman wearing the necklace. The treasure hunter puts out an ad to see if anyone had any information on the necklace. Rose saw the ad and came into contact with him. The film than does a flashback into 1912 when Rose begins her story of the Titanic. The story Rose …show more content…
The idea between the bourgouise and the proletrait. The class system has been around for thousand of years and will be around for thousand of years to come. There are three divisions within the class system: upper, middle, and lower class. According to the book, “For Marxism, getting and keeping economic power is the motive government, the arts, science, technology, the media, and so on” (p. 3). The upper class is the one percent that holds ninety percent of our wealth. Rose the main character in the film would fall in this class group. Rose was born into a wealthy family where she is only familiar with her lifestyle. She wears eliquoent outfits and is very formal. Her family is shown staying the big, beautiful rooms and being dined on. The middle class is the people that are average, not rich but not poor-making it by. The lower class citizens are the poor people. Jack is a lower class citizen. In the film he talks about how he tries to make ends meet by working from place to place. Jack also mentioned how he was sleeping under a bridge just before he won his ticket to set sail on the Titanic. Jack said he had everything he needed air in his lungs and his pencils for drawing and thats all he