Marxism In The Golden Poppy

For the Marxist critic, literature is in of itself a social institution, with a particular ideological function based on the experience and beliefs of the author, and a material product to be comprehended in broadly historical terms, emphasizing class and ideology as they are illustrated, distribute, and contest the social order of the period in which it was written. Terry Eagleton, in his book Marxism and Literary Criticism, describes Marxist application to literature

However, some may come to the deeper meaning of this text that the author was trying to get across. Some being the flaws of Capitalism and the “American Dream”; Social Darwinism, only the financially “fit” survive; and how Socialism could be the answer to those who need support financially. These issues have trailed the United States for many years, one example of a result of these issues is the creation of the Black Panther Party in the 1960’s; due to African American’s limited rights, inability to find a good paying job, and cold hatred towards the government. However, because of the ignorance by the majority of upper-class citizens, they would interpret the book as an attempt to persuade others to look down on Capitalism due to the struggles portrayed in the book in result of corrupt rich folk.

In The Paradise of the Bachelors and Tartarus of Maids Melville demonstrates how the oppressive power of the upper class over the working class, molds and kill the social, emotional and physical life of the working class while they benefit from it. Melville depicts how industrialism created an economic separation of classes that although seemed unrelated and contradictory in their different spaces, both sustained each other. The upper class, the bachelors, needed the labor of the lower class to maintain the wealthy life they had and the lower class, the maids, survived with the small wages gained with their labor. In order for the upper class to continuously enjoy their privilege, they had to exploit in any way possible the working class.

In her novel Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton takes a step from her usual writing style of focussing on the upper class she was raised in and focuses on the troubles of the lower class. This story is about a man who tries to escape poverty ends up failing.Using the sociological critical approach one is able to hypothesize why Wharton moved from her usual writing style and determine a theme from it. The sociological approach is when one examines the political or economic context in which the story is written. Examining the society and class the author lives or lived in along with the society and class the author writes about a theme based around these ideas can be formed.

analysis of literary and other ''texts,'' not necessarily a call for the exploited masses to rise. One

At the age of 20, London was accepted into the University of California, but due to a lack of funds, he was only able to stay for a semester. The most important event of London’s early life was when he moved to Alaska to take part in the Klondike Gold Rush. In 1900, London had his first book published, “The Son of the Wolf,” and married Bessie Mae Maddern. They had 2 children before they divorced in 1905. He then married Charmian Kittredge soon after. After doing some traveling, he settled in Hawaii and became America’s first Pacific Rim writer. By the time London died, he was the best selling author in America, published 18 books, 198 short stories, three plays and hundreds of nonfiction books and articles. (Jack London, Wikipedia) 1

The struggles that Walt Longmire has to deal with, especially the feud between Ozzie and Geo can be explained by Karl Marx’s Marxism. Marxism argues that all conflict in literature is an author's attempt to reveal the problems with unequal wealth via the clash between Proletariat(working class) and the Bourgeois(rich class).

The political issue in this story is very similar to the historical place and social issues. The reason why it is very similar is because the political problems were always about social classes, and where they lived. It was always about the rich or poor class, and alcohol was also a political issue. It also had another issue which was cultural issue. I think the cultural issue in this story is in the place, which is New York. There is many things that happened in the book that still happen in this actual times. For example the phrase everyone says “you have to have money to live there”, that was happening back then and still is now problems and difficulties with social classes is similar to the cultural issues. They both share the same opinion about being in the city, with the poor or the rich. Finally the author’s portrayal of reality, this is a deep meaning to me because the author is very intelligent. He wrote the book like we are on a daily basis, except were living the actual time. In the story he sends a deep message which of course has a deep meaning, which everyone knows how they should be and how they are

The Marxist critic on literature focuses on the historical context of a piece of writing and looks for class differences and relations as well as the implications and complications of capitalist systems. Marxist critics look for any class struggle, a theme that is very evident in Jeanne’s memoir. This type of literary criticism therefore aims to answer questions such as: “What characters are oppressed, and to what social classes do they belong?” (Bressler 179) It is sensitive to issues that involve power or money or any

The structure of the novel is intensely isolated, which could allude to the control the bourgeoisie has over the proletariat, and the little choices they have over their own lives. There are typically just one or two paragraphs to a page, for example, the first and second

His mother married Civil war veteran John London, shortly after, his family moved to Oakland. He grew up working hard and did a lot of reading in his spare time. London’s writing career began when his mother urged him to write and submit a book about a voyage in which London encountered a typhoon. Following his victory, London dedicated his life to writing. At first he had a problem with lack of willing publishers, so he went to the East coast. But than he went back to California and attended college there. Soon afterwards he went to the Yukon in Canada to search out fortune, where he received inspiration for some of his works. London went back to California at age 22 where he soon started writing for the Overland Monthly, from which he received discipline as a writer. Then he started his habit to write at least 1,000 words a day. When Jack London wrote The Call of the Wild, which takes place in the Yukon, it was successful and earned London fame. In the last 16 years of his life, London published 50 books, most of which were a success. In 1900 London had married Bess Maddern, then had two daughters, Joan and Bess. In 1905 he divorced Bess and married Charmian Kittredge. In his last years London suffered from health problems, and he died November 22, 1916, at his ranch in California (Jack London

Jack London was born in 1876 in San Francisco, California. Sadly, his father was never part of his life, and his mother was the only one who cared about him. London’s writing career essentially began in 1893 when his mother saw an announcement in a local paper for a writing contest. She pushed London to write a paper and join the contest. With just an eighth-grade education, London captured the $25 first prize, beating college students from Berkeley and Stanford.

The Marxist literary criticism states that “literature reflects class struggle and materialism.” Someone who reads texts through a Marxist lens tries to identify issues that relate to both money and power, and commonly asks questions about how they deal with the struggles for money and power, along with the roles they play in the work. These criticisms stem from the beliefs and perceptions of popular philosopher Karl Marx that human society consists of clashes and conflicts between the oppressed and oppressing; between the proletariats and the bourgeoisie (Delahoyde).

Jack London was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco. Having only completed through the 8th grade, Jack educated himself in public Libraries. In 1893, Jack became very serious about his writing when his mother pushed him to enter writing contest. Jack took home first place, surpassing the college students with his eighth grade education. Soon after, he returned to high school to finish his education and graduated. Before long Jack published stories in the Overland Monthly in 1899. At age 27 London obtained fame when he published “The Call of the Wild”. London’s new found fame did nothing to dent his devoutness and passion towards writing. London worked among the first writers in the movie industry, and he a few of his books become films.

The environment that Jack London grew up in helped to shape his naturalistic writing style. Jack London grew up in San Francisco with his mother and step- father. He was raised by an ex-slave because his mother was sick. When he was a teenager he worked many jobs including sailing on a sealing ship, pirating for oysters, and many more. When he returned home at nineteen he returned to high school. This is where London discovered socialism or Social Darwinism, and was known as the “Boy Socialist of Oakland” around his neighborhood. He ran for mayor several times as the