Monday, April 7, 2014
Thesis Statement
Using the Marxist Lens one can answer the question as to how Jon Hassler portrays the roles of power throughout his short stories Rufus at the Door, Dodger's Return, and Agatha McGee. Each story is told from a narrative standpoint and always contains a character that resembles the lower class in comparison to the main character. Hassler uses this difference of classes to portray power through himself as the author and through his writing.
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This is a good start! I like how you are choosing to look through a Marxist lens. In addition to talking about how Hassler portrays the characters as part of the lower class, you could also go into how they trying to break out of this class and how they hold power throughout the story. For instance how Agatha is technically part of the lower class due to her income, but she is portrayed as part of the higher because of the power roles she takes on. Otherwise, I really like where this is going. -Claire :)
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