Alright, I've finished "A Christmas Carol" and I can't help reading it from a Marxist perspective. Especially in passages like:
" 'Is there a peculiar flavor in what you sprinkle from your torch?'
...
'Would it apply to any kind of dinner on this day?' asked Scrooge.
...
'To any kindly given. To a poor one most.'
'Why to a poor one most?' asked Scrooge.
'Because it needs it most.'" (77)
There are numerous examples of this call for a redistribution of wealth and urging for social equality.
I'd also reference passages such as : '...forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered What the surplus is, and Where it is. Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? It may be, that in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than million's like this poor man's child..." (82).
Long live the 99%, Viva la Dickens!
Thoughts?
Eric
p.s. Get well soon Saxby.
This was posted a ridiculously long time ago, but I was looking back over the blog and thought I would comment on it. When I was working on my paper, I was dying to do some Marxist work with Oliver Twist because it is just perfect for that. Not really that relevant, I suppose, but I think lots of Dickens' works are complemented nicely by Marxist theory.
ReplyDeleteThis was posted a ridiculously long time ago, but I was looking back over the blog and thought I would comment on it. When I was working on my paper, I was dying to do some Marxist work with Oliver Twist because it is just perfect for that. Not really that relevant, I suppose, but I think lots of Dickens' works are complemented nicely by Marxist theory.
ReplyDeleteThis was posted a ridiculously long time ago, but I was looking back over the blog and thought I would comment on it. When I was working on my paper, I was dying to do some Marxist work with Oliver Twist because it is just perfect for that. Not really that relevant, I suppose, but I think lots of Dickens' works are complemented nicely by Marxist theory.
ReplyDeleteThis was posted a ridiculously long time ago, but I was looking back over the blog and thought I would comment on it. When I was working on my paper, I was dying to do some Marxist work with Oliver Twist because it is just perfect for that. Not really that relevant, I suppose, but I think lots of Dickens' works are complemented nicely by Marxist theory.
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