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Short Story Essay Greed comes from money and the greediness can make you forget your status in society. After viewing "A Pair of Silk Stockings" through Marxist lens, the author tries to explore the ideas of those who wish to live in the rich upper class of the society. The Marxist theory is a system of economic, social, and political philosophy which is based on the ideas that show social change in terms of economic factors. (1) In other words the Marxist theory is a class struggle between groups. In this story, Marxist theory applies to Mrs. Sommers reaction when she gets $15. She wants to become a part of the upper class. The story shows that Mrs. Sommers is a woman from the lower class, with possession of little money. However she becomes greedy and spends it all on herself. From Marxist’s theory Mrs. Sommers strive to be part of the upper class and she wants to remain there, when she purchases the silk stockings, ignores her family, and does not want to go back to her previous lifestyle. To begin with, Mrs. Sommers purchases the silk stocking for herself. This evident proves the point “A dollar and ninety-eight cents, …… Well I’ll take this pair. She ……. of her shabby old shopping – bag” (Chopin 88). This quote shows that Mrs. Sommers buy an expensive silk stocking for herself. It shows that she try to convert in upper class. This is when she thought like a lower class person, caring more for her family then herself. Silk stocking has symbolic representation because it use to convert in upper class and when she buy a silk stocking she feel good and she decide to spend more money on herself. Symbol is use in this quote because shabby old shopping-bag represent her present life and she get feel embarrass towards her pres... ... middle of paper ... ...ever wants to return her real life style. Thus, leaving her with the great lesson that a person should not forget his/her real value. Poor people wants to be a part of upper class and people do not want to go in suffering times. after I read the story "A Pair of Silk Stockings", through Marxist lens, the author tries to explore the ideas of those that wish to live in the rich upper class from the lower class. In the story "A Pair of Silk Stockings", I realized how Mrs. Sommers went from caring for her family, to becoming selfish and then wishing for this time to never end. This story also shows how Mrs. Sommers, a woman from the lower class, found $15 and became very happy. Now she felt like she was living in the upper class. In the end she wished that this time never ends, thus showing how people from the lower class wish to live forever in the upper rich class.

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