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Marxism In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Marx believed in a system where everyone was peaceful, joyful, and completely equal with everyone. Marx was more than positive that if society could get rid of all forms of private property, our natural goodness, would allow us to live in this world, glistening with perfection. Marx 's system, known as Marxism, caught the attention and support of thousands, including author John Steinbeck. Of Mice And Men is full of Marxism. Steinbeck seems to have quiet been sympathetic towards many elements of Marxism. Marxist is the analysis of human events and productions that focuses on relationships among socioeconomic classes, both within a society and among societies and it explains all human activities in terms of the distribution and dynamics of economic power. They 're all based on the theories of Karl Marx, who was influenced by philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. This topic consists of the ideas on class differences, economic, as well as the implications and complications of capitalist system. Marxist critical approach literature by focusing on the individual psyche and the economic systems that structure human societies in the text. A Marxist principle is when Crooks in a matter of seconds becomes compliant and obedient after curley 's wife threatens him. Crooks then stands up to curley 's wife, but she quickly snaps at him, says that she can get him “strung up on a tree so easy it ain 't even funny.” after this comment, crooks feeling of rebelliousness promptly
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