... effects of these on Tom Joad. Karl Marx was a German philosopher whose firm beliefs were his theories about society, economics, and politics. He was the brain behind Marxism, the idea of only the strong survive. He felt so passionate about this subject that he wrote The Communist Manifesto, which described in great detail just what was ... wrong with capitalism and how it was destroying the economy John Steinbeck alludes to Karl's idea by having clear segregation between the three main classes that Marxism is made up of. The Communist Manifesto, as this work is commonly known, was publis...

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... "sharing of the land" resembles Russian's collective farming. In a sense Jim Casy is like Lenin. He is starting a revolution against greedy capitalist land owners. Jim Casy would have definitely embraced Marxism. In a way Jim's revolution was similar to the Russian Revolution. Another historical allusion can be made with the French Revolution through the theme of class struggle. In the French Revolution ... is seen through the characterization of Tom Joad. He was portrayed as a somewhat good natured and honest character, yet he murdered two men. It is left to the reader to define charac...

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