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The theme can be known if the readers already read the story and found
what the author wants to tell from the story. It can also be found if the readers do
an analysis and get the point from the work. Mostly, themes do not appeared in
the work, but the readers are able to find them after reading and doing the
analysis from it.
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Marxism
Marxism is a theory which criticizes economic problem that exists in
every part of the world and surrounding people’s life. The basic of Marxism is
materiality related to the economy, things, and human nature. The value of the
good obtained is a part of materiality and it can be measured from the property
that people have.
Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was a revolutionary
activist, a prolific writer and Marxism's key ideologue. Marx maintained that in
order to emancipate humanity from economic domination, a social revolution
was needed. He analyzed human development through materiality and
formulated his theory related to labor. Marx’s theory collaborated with Friedrich
Engels (1820-1895). Marx and Engles together interpreted human nature from
people’s behavior in economic activity and called it as revolution. Marx analyzed
human development due to class struggles which people work in the purpose of
production and increase the economy.
“Marxism is a materialist philosophy: that is, it tries to explain things without
assuming the existence of a world, or of forces, beyond the natural world around
us, and the society we live in.” (Barry, 2005, p.150)
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