Marxist View of The Great Gatsby Marxism is the theory developed on the ideas of the philosopher Karl Marx. It’s a system of economic‚ social‚ and political philosophy based on the ideas that view social change in terms of economic factors. Marxism is what is known as a conflict theory because it states that society is in conflict with each other. This theory claims that this conflict is among the wealthy and the poor. But how can Marxism be applied to the novel of “The Great Gatsby”‚ written by
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An Overview of the Gender Situation in the Philippines Carlos Antonio Q. Anonuevo This article is about the gender situation in the Philippines. The equality of men and women. The gender situation in the Philippines is characterized by sharp contradictions. It graphically showcases samples of women’s advancement in politics‚ academic and professional excellence‚ and even legislation. But this is contrasted by images of prostituted women‚ battered wives‚ economically disadvantage women and
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Brianna M. Audelo ENGL 120C: Persuasive Writing Dr. Laurie Camp Hatch 2/22/13 Nonsense University Why is it that staying home to read a book is not at the top of a child’s priority list? Obviously it is because children would much rather be outside playing a game of baseball with friends than staying in to do school work. Children usually do not find school subjects interesting. In school‚ students learn the necessities that will generally help them get through life. Children typically
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In this study‚ researchers were interested in knowing if tendencies in musical engagement and preferences change from adolescence through middle adulthood. They emphasized that the possible main factors of different musical preferences and attitudes (dependent variable) over time are age and personality (independent variable). Musical preferences may be associated with personality traits and changes. The big five personality model: Openness to experience‚ Extraversion‚ Neuroticism‚ Conscientiousness
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Conflict Carefully. The article begins by comparing the Chinese commercial hub of Guangdong to the 19th century English commercial hub of Manchester‚ whose poor working conditions and division of labor and capital worked as a prime example for Marx’s critique of capitalism. Much like Manchester‚ Guangdong’s (and China’s) industrial growth depends on cheap labor that attracts capital‚ in this case from multinational corporations who want to maximize profits. Demand for cheap labor in Guangdong has caused
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Work may be defined as an ‘activity that provides a socially valued product or service’ (Krahn‚ Lowe and Hughes‚ 2007). This meaning‚ however‚ is not so simple in the modern climate - work has evolved into an institution of alienation‚ causing harsh effects on the majority of the population. Work affects all beings as it has become necessary to survive (Rinehart‚ 2006). The estranging effects of work have not gone unnoticed; advances have been implemented‚ particularly in the form of human relations
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PART 3: Explain‚ in as much detail as you believe necessary‚ class-consciousness‚ as offered by Karl Marx. Discuss the similarities and differences of class-consciousness and collective conscience and indicate to what‚ if any‚ extent‚ the two concepts are interchangeable. Do you believe class-consciousness is a useful tool for understanding social relations among classes‚ today? Use examples to illustrate your answer and thoroughly explain why or why not. * One very complex issue of today
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Othello is a play written by Shakespeare that features a top ranking military official‚ Othello. The main focus of the play is the love between Othello and Desdemona and how it became poisoned by a man named Iago. The Marxist perspective best impacted my understanding of Othello because of how the main plot was heavily subjected to Iago’s lust for power and wealth. Iago took advantage of people to propel his agenda. An example of this was when he used Roderigo’s emotions toward Desdemona to his
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Speech critique My critique is written based on a speech‚ called “The puzzle of motivation”‚ that Dan Pink gave on August‚ 2009. I happened to have a chance to watch his speech right after it was uploaded on YouTube‚ and after 6 years‚ I’m finally facing a great opportunity to elaborate my thoughts about this speech. The central idea of Dan’s speech covers the approach to the motivation for both: humans and mostly businesses. Pointing to the scientific academic researches on motivation‚ he mentioned
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The first song I chose to dissect is “Where is the Love” by the Black Eyed Peas. For starters‚ the Black Eyed Peas are a very diverse hip-hop/pop group. The members of the group are will.i.am (African American)‚ apl.de.ap (Filipino American)‚ Taboo (Mexican/Native-American)‚ and Fergie (White). They have released a number of hits such as “The Time” and “I Gotta Feeling.” However‚ they really struck a chord with Americans when they released “Where is the Love” in 2003. “Where is the Love” not only
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