Yertle The Turtle By Dr. Seuss

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When you hear the word communism, what’s the first image that comes to mind? It’s safe to assume one might have envisioned Vietnam, China or perhaps Germany during World War II. However, I was talking about Karl Marx, the individual responsible for Marxism, which has evolved into communism. Communism can be defined as a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production. Marx’s ideologies from the Communist Manifesto have been reviewed throughout world. His ideas can be found throughout various literature, even Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss. Karl Marx believed the nature of humanity should be relationships and opportunities that reflect fair treatment of human beings. In any society, …show more content…

Yertle believes he is entitled to living a higher quality of life if he could have a higher vantage point to rule all the land. Yertle commands the other nine turtles into using stones to help him see—therefore this makes him greater than the other turtles. Unfortunately, the turtles do not question his command and do as he wishes. Yertle uses propaganda, similar to the likes of politicians to convince the turtles to follow in his footsteps. Declaring he is ruler of the cows, the land, and other animals, he creates a false yet convincing narrative that the turtles begin to buy …show more content…

I know up on top you are seeing great sights, But down at the bottom we, too, should have rights. We turtles can’t stand it. Our shells will all crack! Besides, we need food. We are starving!” (169). This is when another Marxism theme appears. The turtles were so fed up with the bourgeoisie, that they decided to alienate labor. The turtles are able to alienate labor by rebelling against Yertle. Karl Marx believed in the alienation of labor. By alienating labor, Marx felt that this would get rid of production and working. Throughout history, conflict has always been present in the class struggle. As history has progressed, the modern-day class struggle can be identified as bourgeoisie versus

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