Category: Marxism

Fitzgeralds characters represent Marxist ideas, through his representation of the different classes, and his interpretation of how their class defines their life. Fitzgerald set this story during post-World War I, where both he, Carraway and Gatsby all fought in. However, it doesnt mark the active capitalist culture it portrays but unveils the hidden side of…

The Marxist literary lens analyzes literature by understanding the historical conditions and factors that produce it and the structural cause of society behind it. This style of criticism is concerned with the interactions of societal levels and social relations, and how class struggle, oppression, and inequality are portrayed (Eagleton 18). Karl Heinrich Marxs theories and…