Karl Marx was a German philosopher whose firm beliefs were his theories about society, economics, and politics. ... John Steinbeck carefully chose his title, The Grapes of Wrath to allude to Julia Ward Howes's song "Battle Hymn of theRepublic" which helps understand the title and the book as a whole once read. ... They stay in a work camp called Hooverville, a place with its own rules that's filled with pitched up tents that housed homeless families desperate for any sort of work. ... "When there was work for a man, ten men fought for it- fought with a low wage.... Th...

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Although Plato had just intentions, I agree with the need for an ideal republic, but I know it is impossible. ... Marxist theory focuses on understanding literature through and in relation to the determining forces of a society, such as history, economics, ideology, and class. The Marxist theory will help me analyze the connection between literature and society through the works of Karl Marx, Mikhail Bakhtin, F. ... Marx notices the class struggle in societies and becomes fascinated with it. ... In his quote, "languages of various epochs and periods of socio-ideological life cohabit wit...

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The ego, however, represent yourself as a person, our decisions, and our capacity as a rational persona with our own logic and decisions. ... In "Civilization and its Discontents ", Freud tries to replace a metaphysical, idealistic framework with a psychological one. ... Freud's justifications and arguments fit with his own experience, everyday situations, along with common things in everybody's life. ... They have to give up certain aspects of their own ego interests to join with other people in creating these social institutions. ... This sense of guilt is the one that stops us fro...

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