2. Making Marxism Mutual

4. Born 1818 in Germany. After college, Marx hoped to pursue an academic career but got too heavily involved with a radical group of thinkers and had no prospect toward a job besides philosophy. Marx was forced to turn to journalism and studied the order of social class and political issues.

5. Marxism is defined as the theories of Karl Marx; later serving the basis for communism. The main point to take from this is the struggle between classes (I.e., education, wealth,etc…).

6. Although there were many Marxists, in reality, three came to power: Karl Marx – the founder Leon Trotsky – helped lead a rebellion to overthrow Stalin Vladimir Lenin – helped create the Bolshevik party

7. George Orwell – Animal Farm –Manor Farm – Russia –Snowball – Trotsky Ray Bradbury – Fahrenheit 451 –Censorship –Free expression – “not so free”

8. You have to keep in mind roles, both political and economic, as well as social class. The statement below is an example of what would be considered a Marxist scenario: –“My father Peter has the intelligence of a child so we, his children, often do the taxes and budgets”.