Make up blog : Marxism

Among all the theories that we have studied in class so far, in my opinion Marxism was probably the best and the most realistic theory. Based on the socialist and dialectical theories of Karl Marx, Marxist criticism views literary works as reflections of the social institutions out of which they are born. Marxism basically divides all the population into either the proletariat i.e. the working class and the bourgeoisie who are the owners of the factors of production.

The fact that compels me to rate Marxism as the best and most realistic theory is that Marxism is the only theory that talks about the implementation of capitalism in the real world. It talks about the fact that there is a process of alienation that is being going on in the professional world. The proletariats are being discriminate on the fact that they are unable to consume what they are producing. Other than that, the only loyalty that these proletariats have is towards their institutes and firms. They are working for more than 12 hours on daily basis, the time they are fed up with their job, they are given some extra perks to continue their work which diminishes their social life and alienates them from the rest of the society.

Similarly the bourgeoisie have their constant focus towards reducing the cost of production and increasing their profits, regardless of the fact whatever are the working conditions for the workers.

Marxist have said that the only solution to all these class problem is to bring in socialism, which will terminate these class differences. Marxist have predicted that the time when all the feudal will become bourgeoisie and people won’t be able to afford the basic necessities of life and a proletariat revolution will start, which will overcome all these class differences and socialism will prevail.