Marxism and False Dreams All the troubled notes and problems that Miss Lonelyhearts dealt with definitely portray the harsh world that we live in because of our false American Dream. All the dilemmas in Miss Lonelyhearts are related socially and have a resemblance to marxism because the novel is based around people having social problems. Since Miss Lonelyhearts was feeling a sense of alienation from his work, the story is setting up a conflict between social classes. You may ask, what is Marxism and how does it connect to Miss Lonelyhearts in the novel? Marxism is basically the distribution of goods among people and is structured as a free competitive market with profit for everyone. Ultimately, marxism deals with criticizing class struggles…show more content… ‘Christ! Christ!’ This shout echoed through the innermost cells of his body.” (57) Feeling alienated about his work, it was impossible for Miss Lonelyhearts to write freely about god, “proletariat.” He was too busy dealing with ludicrous problems that many people had. Furthermore, he could not incorporate Christian beliefs to the column because society, and of course, Shrike, who would immediately went against him. This clearly connects to marxism because of the pressure of the social classes in the novel. Shrike was controlling his work and kept insisting that Lonelyhearts becomes more creative in his work, “bourgeoisie.”
Although Lonelyhearts did not rise in his social class, he rose in his spiritual relationship and Shrike did not. Overall, Miss Lonelyhearts realized that the only way to get out of the fake American dream is to stay in touch, which was something the other characters in the novel did not fathom to. With Marxism being a controversial topic, it matters due to the fact that we see unfairness in everyday life; especially here in the United
