Proletariat

Sharing the American Dream On its fourth season with CBS, 2 Broke Girls, came to television at a time when it was needed. In 2011, America had been faced with the economy taking a downward spiral and American viewers started to possibly find the millionaires and their Kardashians unappealing. Max Black and Caroline Channing, the two female protagonist of the show, share the character arc and ideology of working hard to achieve what they desire. The two young ladies, both in their mid-twenties,…

The Jungle Summer Assignment The best way to describe the situation of the working class in early 20th century America is exploitive. The dictionary definition of exploitive is to use selfishly for one’s own benefit. In early 20th century America, exploitation is in every corner of business. Jurgis Rudkus and his family immigrate to America in search of a better life. As it turns out, in late 19th century America, life is even harder. As Jurgis begins to work at his new job at the meat…

The story A Christmas Carol has a very important theme that relates to real life. The author Charles Dickens was able to relate his theme in the play to a real world problem. One of the main themes of this play is the fact that kids and the not wealthy are taken advantage of. This caused the reader to be able to realize their own wrong doings in their life and try their best to hopefully pursue to fix them. In a time of the Factory Movement in U.S. History, this was a story that really opened…

In the analysis of the novel, The Adventure of Don Chipote or, When Parrots Breast-Feed by Daniel Venegas, it was of utmost importance to note Nicolás Kanellos put great effort into the circulation of said novel in Spanish and English. Kanellos, in his findings, contends that Spanish-language immigrant novels more accurately present the wickedness of American society such as the oppression of immigrant workers. Presumptuously, Kanellos could have felt so passionately about circulating this…

Katherine Boo not only describes unhappiness and poverty in Annawadi but also shows how structural poverty and inequality produced by globalization regulate the life in “Behind the beautiful forevers”. Global market capitalism strikes the root of the poor people’s anxious lives who suffer from worldwide economic slump, non-regular workforce, and the rat race. Annawadi is a slum of Mumbai in India and is surrounded by the airport and five splendid hotels. It is hard for Annawadians to get jobs in…

Arthur Miller’s “Are You Now or Were You Ever” discusses his purpose in writing the The Crucible and how the accusations that were made toward him led to the development of the play. During the 1950’s, there was a fear among society in the United States regarding communism. Communism is a political theory in which everyone in society works and is paid depending on their needs and property is publicly owned. Russia had once been a threat to the United States and its influence of communism still…

Class struggle, the struggle between the ruling class and the subject class, is the thematic emphasis of Toni Morrison’s Tar Baby. The novelist has showcased the fundamental cause of the African’s oppression is the exploitative economic system of capitalism and its overseas extension, imperialism. Racism and sexism, although equally oppressive, are treated as by-products of capitalism. Thus, in this novel her increased consciousness is reflected in her ability and commitment to explore this…

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and The Princess and the Frog (2009) are stories that center on dreams and wishes. Both texts also highlight how socioeconomic class affects how characters think about their wishes, and how they go about achieving them. Upper class characters are able to fulfill their wishes much more effortlessly than lower class characters because of their financial privileges and their high social status. Because of their experience of having their wishes handed to…

As hunter-gatherer civilizations moved to agricultural practices, civilization was born. Two of these initial prominent societies existed in the Indus River Valley Civilization and the Shang Dynasty. While these civilizations are dissimilar from one another and recognized for their lasting contributions, both also controlled links politically, technologically, and economically. The Shang Dynasty influenced a stratified structure of government ruled by a king. Aristocrats, warriors, and…

“Miss Caroline he is a Cunningham”. These words were spoken in the famous novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”. They are relevant because Scout was categorizing one of the children based on their social status and many animals treat each other differently depending on the class they belong to. In the novel “Animal farm”, by George Orwell, the author proves members of society will be treated differently based on their social status. There are four different classes: ruler, high, medium and low class.…