Pre-production

In "Some Lessons from The Assembly Line" by Andrew Braaksma, the author describes his experience working during his summer vacations as a factory worker. Setting the tone, he describes how he is more than happy to hit the books after laboring 12-hour days and earning meagre wages. As a result of his experience, the alternative is straightforward. "Factory life has shown me what my future might have been like had I never gone to college in the first place." "Sweating away my summers as a…

The philosophical readings “Estranged Labor” and “The Meaning of Human Requirements” published by Karl Marx during 19th century lead to socialist revolutions all throughout Europe and the world. “Estranged Labor” discusses the complexity of labor and the exploitation of the worker by the factory owner. The truth of work becoming your life reveals itself from the behind the capitalist shadow that has created this economic exploitation. The laborer creates something from inorganic matter, but…

Communism, being an opposing economical system, has its benefits. Marx says that “Communists do not form a separate party opposed to other working class parties. They have no interests separate and apart from those of the proletarians as a whole. They do not set up any sectarian principles of their own, by which to shape and mold the proletarian movement.” (348) These points describe how communism does not divide people. Furthermore marx proclaims that the aims of communism: to form “the…

BPP’s Organizational Analysis 1. Mission and Vision: “The Bloomington Playwrights Project (BPP) strives to be a leading artistic force in the production and encouragement of new plays. The BPP provides opportunities for development, education, and production for promising and established writers and theater artists in a professional environment.” Values: “We are an advocate for playwrights and new plays and believe firmly that they are not only important but absolutely vital to the future of…

the “means of production” in the hands of those who are the sole producers of the materials and wealth, the proletariat (Brians, “Marx and Engels the Communist Manifesto). This brings society into a positive direction because it allows each person to work according to his ability and needs and makes everyone part of the same working class. It also allows society to function with a reward system that properly motivates workers and makes room for public ownership, planned production, and more.…

The author Andrew Braaksma wrote "Some Lessons from the Assembly Line" with a few life lessons in mind. The authors main point is that he has chosen to work a harder job during the summer to help himself realize why is is in college. The author supports this by saying that the transition from student to blue collar worker never gets any easier. The author believes that he has an edge over his fellow students who chose to take easier, less life experience filled jobs. The author is trying…

The Motion Picture Production Code (MPPC), or more famously known as The Hays Code, was set into motion in the 1930s and was ultimately discontinued in the 1960s. The MPPC, affected hundreds of films throughout that time period, I will be focusing on how it affected films like 1932’s Scarface and 1942’s Casablanca. Both of these films, came out after the code was released with a 10 year interval in between. These films were both heavily affected by the code and had to make many changes to adapt…

(Economic) In any kind of economy, it is the factors of production that hold all the control, which include land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. In capitalism, most of these means of production, like the capital, are kept private. This means that rather than the government owning a specific business, individuals own it. Another way of putting this is that capitalism is a free market-based economy. The company itself decides what goods and services to provide and how they are going to sell…

of the most influential and insightful analyses in modern intellectual history” (p. 384). During the height of the Industrial Revolution, Marx and Engels challenged the structure of capitalism. They argued that the people who owned the means of production…

According to Marx, the proletariats are exploited by the bourgeoisie since the bourgeoisie have exclusive control over the means of production. This mistreatment of the proletarians was a direct result of Marx’s conflict theory and the idea that the dominant group, the bourgeoisie, will mistreat the subordinate class to maintain control of the power and means of production. The alienation of the workers then leads to a workers’ revolution which then results in what Marx would consider the…