During the presentations for the book Life of Pi, the one that stood out to me was the one which was done by Saudah, and it was on the archetype lense of the book. So through her presentation, I've learned that the archetype lense is actually an ideal model that repeats. In this theory or lense, there are actually many types that follows it, some of those types are character and symbolic lenses. I've also learned that when viewing in the archetypal lense, the task for the characters are to be driven to get a certain thing. When Saudah was explaining the lense through character archetype, she tells us that Pi is an outcast of the group because of his name due to the fact that he is an Indian boy. Another thing that makes him an outcast is the …show more content…
whose literary lense was on Marxism. So during his presentation, I've learned about what the protagonist, Billy did throughout the book. Some of the things that he did was joining WWII as a soldier and going to Dresden to serve as a soldier and thought that Dresden was the safest place to serve because the chances of getting bombed is so low. Ironically, Dresden gets bombed. So through the Marxist lense, everyone on earth are equal; which could mean that there is no such things as social classes or social hierarchy. However, this is a total opposite in the book. There were social hierarchy in the book, as it could be seen through the position the aliens and humans are in. The aliens were seen as superior while the humans were seen as peasants. During Eric’s presentation, I've discovered that capitalism and Marxism are related since capitalism states that economics is before everything, and Marxism is a pre-constructed form of Communism, but specifically focusing on the economy. This can be seen in the novel as Billy married his wife for her money even though she is physically unappealing. I've also learned that Marxism says that unemployment equals to freedom which was quite interesting but it is also kind of true in the book as Billy loses his freedom and joy for money when he marries and unattractive yet rich …show more content…
I chose to reflect about the Marxist lense again because I wanted to compare how different people view things in this lense. So in Kevin’s presentation, he tells us that Marxism was created by two German philosophers named Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Through his presentation, I've learned that Marxism is an economic and social system that is based upon the political and economic theories of its creators. The book revolves around Bernard Max, the protagonist. Even though Bernard is the main character, he is considered as an outcast. In the world that he lives in, no child is made naturally, which means that they are not conceived through a man and a woman because there was no marriage. Instead, children were “cloned” or what the book called it the “bokanovsky process” . Children who were created through the “bokanovsky process” were placed into different classifications, the Alphas, Betas and the list goes on. Those who were classified as Betas were seen and thought that they were better than everyone because they have the power of control everything. People who were in the lower class were considered to be poor and doesn't hold much power. This can be compared those who are rich and those who are poor. The rich will have the most power or authority in society while those who are poor or are commoners like us doesn't have any power or
The different archetypes are the shadow, the mandala, the great mother, the transformation, the hero, the spiritual father, and the trickster. All archetypes were drawn from a part of what makes us human and hidden in our subconscious. Many of the characters in the film often play more than one character. An example of this would be Ben Kenobi seems to play the archetype of Luke’s father, then he also plays the archetype as an old, wise man.
In order to understand Hay’s article, it is important to have a basic understanding of the fundamentals of Marxism – this will provide the necessary context to identify and understand the Marxist perspective in the article. Marxism is a political philosophy which focuses on social class and conflict as one of its main ideas. This is where one political class (the
Marx believes there is a true human nature, that of a free species being, but our social environment can alienate us from it. To describe this nature, he first describes the class conflict between the bourgeois and the proletariats. Coined by Marx, the bourgeois are “the exploiting and ruling class.”, and the proletariats are “the exploited and oppressed class” (Marx, 207). These two classes are separated because of the machine we call capitalism. Capitalism arises from private property, specialization of labor, wage labor, and inevitably causes competition.
Marxist Literary Theory Question #1: Does the work reinforce capitalist, imperialist, or other classist values?
Marxism is a method of analysis based around the concepts developed by the two German philosophers Karl Marx and Fredrich Engel, centered around the complexities of social-relations and a class-based society. Together, they collaborated their theories to produce such works as The German Ideology (1846) and The Communist Manifesto (1848), and developed the terms ‘’proletariat’ and ’bourgeois’ to describe the working-class and the wealthy, segmenting the difference between their respective social classes. As a result of the apparent differences, Marxism states that proletariats and bourgeoisie are in constant class struggle, working against each other to amount in a gain for themselves.
An archetype in literature is defined as a typical example of a certain type of person. A character in a poem or play can be placed into many different archetype categories. Archetypes help a reader to gain a better understanding of who a character in the work is on the inside. This deeper insight into the character allows the reader to follow the flow of the story easier and more effectively. There are many different archetypes that can help to advance the story. One of the most useful in advancing this story is the typical powerful character. Whether it be supernatural or cunningness this character always comes out on top in the situation and holds the most control over others and their actions. “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”,
However, the advancements that he listed as enriching the human experience are merely a product of progression, which can occur in any economic system, not just capitalism. Goldberg then went on to discuss capitalism’s creation of “intangible capital” and the value it brings (Goldberg, 12). However, the capitalist elite control the means of distributing this “intangible capital”, and often access to “natural capital” as well. The inequity of this system is what results in the powerlessness of those in poverty, who find themselves unable to challenge those in power. Marx perhaps best envisioned this in his concept of a class struggle between the proletariat (working class) and bourgeoisie (owners of the means of production), and proposed socialism as an alternative economic
For instance, the way the social classes in the novel are being represented is an example of the presence of the Marxist theory in the novel.
The Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel, is the story of a young man, Piscine, or Pi for short, who experiences unbelievable and unrealistic events, which are so unrealistic ambiguity is aroused amongst the reader. Duality reoccurs over the course of the novel through every aspect of Pi’s world view and is particularly seen in the two contradictory stories, which displays the brutal nature of the world. Martel wonderfully crafts and image of duality and skepticism though each story incorporated in this novel.
Karl Marx noted that society was highly stratified in that most of the individuals in society, those who worked the hardest, were also the ones who received the least from the benefits of their labor. In reaction to this observation, Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto where he described a new society, a more perfect society, a communist society. Marx envisioned a society, in which all property is held in common, that is a society in which one individual did not receive more than another, but in which all individuals shared in the benefits of collective labor (Marx #11, p. 262). In order to accomplish such a task Marx needed to find a relationship between the individual and society that accounted for social change. For Marx such relationship was from the historical mode of production, through the exploits of wage labor, and thus the individual’s relationship to the mode of production (Marx #11, p. 256).
The concept of Marxism is a popular one which is still being implemented in modern times, a prime example being within literature. When observing and analysing a text from a Marxist literary viewpoint, one must interpret the text as the author commenting on their society, culture and the political issues that were prevalent at the time; thus the background of the author must be researched. Marxism focuses more on the ideological and sociological aspects of the text as opposed to a psychological viewpoint of each character within the text. Marxist critics also reflect on texts in different ways, believing that literature is created as a product of ideology and not the desires of the authors/playwrights themselves. In the three texts King Lear, The Bloody Chamber and 1984, the concept of socio-economic struggles is more prevalent than ever with many analysing the texts from a Marxist literary viewpoint.
Majority of scholars have recognize the universal patterns in literature known as archetype that represents how human evoke deeper emotions and progresses to different stages in their journey. Similarly, the term "archetype" refers to the form of a person or an object that project a profound meaning. Throughout my life, I'm living in adventurous and take risks in my life for a better future. I am a immature and irresponsible person. I am a child full of jubilation (joy) and optimistic. the world is full of peril abs adulterous. I endeavor to.win fairly and equality. I am a warrior, the sage ans the fool.
Karl Marx once stated, “The workers have nothing to lose but their chains.” Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich focuses on the middle class struggles in Russia during the 1800s and how materialism has negative impacts on people in society. Tolstoy uses the novella to demonstrate how Russian society was imperfect in the 1800s and Tolstoy portrayed ideals similar to Marxism in the book. Marxism is the ideology that everyone should be equal in regards to class, education, economics and politics. Marxism was created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels during the 1840s. Their ideology was to establish a classless society where property and resources are owned by the community and not the individuals themselves. Tolstoy used the novella to contrast his ideals of a classless society and anti-materialism to show how negative the caste system and the materialistic lifestyle of the Russian middle class was.
Marx’s theory stems from the social conditions existing during his lifetime. This was when the industrial revolution was hitting its stride. Great technological advances were being made to the modes of production, especially in the areas of agriculture and textiles. This was the main factor that drove peasants from the countryside to find work in the cities. In addition, capitalism had emerged as the dominant form of economics. Marx contended that class is based upon the economic conditions of society. He identified class through the history of the changing modes of production. In a capital...
Marx thought of a society that would create equality and bring power to the people. He didn 't expect society to be totally equal but a society with distributed justice. According to Marx, a good society is when there is no exploitation. To get rid of exploitation, we have to get rid of surplus values and make everyone equal. But Marx also knows that no good society can exist as long as exploitation is allowed. That is why some societies will want a Marx type of living and some will not. A society that has used and embodied the Marxist tradition is Russia. They have used Marx ideas and lived by the communist manifesto. This way of life worked for many years and to the people of Russia, it made a good society. But to people outside of Russia, people who lived in a democratic state or country, they looked at it as a failed society. A type of society that should not be allowed to exist in the world of democracy. But like Marx said, some societies will be able to live in a Marxist environment and some won’t. Marx also states, “ In a communist society, the working class will be more important than the capital class”(M 10-25-2016). By having everyone equal, this allows for class conflict to be no more and exploitation not exist. Marx knows there can be no good society but a Marxist society will do its best to form a ideal