Exercise 1. Directions: Read each items from the excerpts of different literary selections, then, indicate a mark if it suggests aspects of Marxicism/Marxist
Approach ( Biases on the Social Status of the character or Conflict of Economic
Status/Class) and X if it does not.
1. "In the school itself I was disappointed to find that I was not the most brilliant
or even nearly the most brilliant student. The white kids have better vocabularies than I,
what was more appalling, less fear in the classroom."(I know why the Caged Bird Sings by
Maya Angelo)
2. "Mrs. Cruz, greeted her class with 'Good day to one and all'". I had never
heard an adult speak with respect regardless of their status.
3. "Mornings as the streetcar traversed my ghetto l experienced a mixture of
dread and trauma. I knew that all too soon we would be out from our familiar setting,
and Blacks who were on the streetcar when I got on would all be gone and I alone
would face the forty blocks of neat street, smooth lawns, white houses and rich
children."(I know why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelo)
4. "George Washington High School was the first real school I attended. My
entire stay there might have been time lost if it hadn't been for the unique personality of
a brilliant teacher."
5. "Any teacher can do this. Most teachers do it, but I didn't, not that year. In
fact, I concentrated on my best students and let the others follow along as best they
could." (Three Letters from Teddy by Joseph A. Galdon S. J.)
6. "There wasn't a child I particularly liked that year, but Teddy was most
assuredly one I disliked. (Three Letters from Teddy by Joseph A. Galdon S. J.)
7. It is not just the poor that will benefit. The number of annulments has
increased over the last ten years. In 2017, the figure reached 10,000. This indicates that
more wealthy families are now seeking to end their marriages.​