In our bookclub podcast, we talked and focused on the marxist lens in our reading. There were many focus points of our reading that had a lot to do with the main characters being Claudia and Frieda reveal a lot about their personal feelings towards materialistic things. And it was clear there was a huge impact on Claudia and Frieda through society and how they viewed themselves as well as others. We wanted to zone in and focus on the reason of why and how deeply society truly has a role in shaping and taking over the minds of people especially those who are younger.
viv: “There Could Be Power in a Union.” Jacobin, jacobinmag.com/2019/01/gilets-jaunes-yellow-vests-unions-labor-cgt-wages.
This article was about protestors in France outside the trade union to protest and renew the labor movement. And these protestors were specifically aiming their anger towards President Emmanuel Macron. They were discontent with the sudden rise in fuel taxes and it soon led to a lot of social problems and separation among the "popular classes in rural areas." This highlights one of ideas within Marxism, when it came to society or groups of people having the desire to one-up another group of people based off of materialistic ideas and money. In the novel, there were many sections in the story where Claudia and her sister Freida would constantly compare themselves to the other children around them based off of materialistic things like clothes, to food, down to the neighborhood that they lived in and how mentioning their envy towards others.
Tyreek:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/25/toni-morrison-books-interview-god-help-the-child
Jakob:
Ghansah, Rachel Kaadzi. “The Radical Vision of Toni Morrison.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 8 Apr. 2015, www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/magazine/the-radical-vision-of-toni-morrison.html.
The article was about the author and the book and her radical vision and how she wanted to diversify the writing industry and how she writes about black people. She points out the things they face and how she talks about how she writes to tease her world and to complicate her world. Shown in the book when she writes about different social classes at the time period, Pellocia family who is poor and one example would be Maureen her family has more than they do and you can tell how she is judged by the girls. She writes about the Marxist lens because Pelloca always compares herself to others and wants to be white because they are generally treated better and have a better life in her eyes, she feels if she was white she would not have to deal with issues that she faces that’s part of the reason she wants blue eyes. The article gave me some insight on the author because I now know her purpose for writing and gave me insight on the lens because she writes to point out issues which are showcased in the book like class and comparing to each other.
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