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Naturalism
Use of graphic details A survival of the fittest attitude People are compared to animals Use of symbols Attention to bodily functions A belief in determinism: the belief that one’s
choice of action is not free but is predetermined by a sequence of causes independent of one’s will
Pragmatism
Tests Truth by looking at the outcome of actions. If it works, it’s O.K. The tendency to make up policy as you go along, based on your current need or circumstance.
Proletarianism A description of the
injustices of the laboring class
One social class closely pitted against the other
e.g. the businessmen vs migrant workers
Communism
stresses cooperation collective efforts Working for the
group results in higher individual self-esteem
Government Camps (Weedpatch) “We’re the People, we go on.” (Ma’s comment) Laboring man is held in high esteem References to Marx, Lenin, Thomas Paine
TranscendentalismBelief in an Oversoul or Spirit that includes all living things within it
Anti-materialism (spirit is more important than materials)
A love of Nature; respect for it , conserve it
Admiration for the common, laboring man
A new moral code: “There ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virtue. There’s just stuff people do!”
– Jim Casy
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