Exploitation: A Marxist Analysis of The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald
Keywords:
Marx, Class, Exploitation, Theory, GreatAbstract
This study investigates the issues of exploitation and manipulation by the upper class through the Marxist study of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925) under the theoretical framework of Marxism. Applying this framework, the data has been collected and analyzed through the techniques of textual analysis. Marx opines that the power relationships between capitalists and workers are naturally exploitative and would inevitably create class conflict. The study focuses on how the lower class is exploited by the upper class and authorities are also manipulated by them. The findings of the study reveal how the inequality of wealth, status and power can manipulate and exploit the people and distort fate. The study explores the manner in which Fitzgerald highlights the failure of unending desires and dreams through the lives of his characters.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10496144
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