Through examinations and detailed analyzing of "Historical Materialism," Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were guided to the explication of Class Struggle. It originally consisted of three related ideas: a philosophical view of man, a theory of history, and an economic and political program. Life's primary influence is economic and that the society was an opposition between the capitalist and working classes. The type of literature, often called "Proletarian Literature," that emerged from this kind of analysis, focuses on the poor and lower class that strive to arise above what destiny has kept aside for them. Their vain efforts are forcefully prevented and are considered unacceptable.

I chose to do the Marxist way of analyzing material because it really relates to what this book is about i.e. focus on the poor and lower-class. This way of looking at literature can be used in "The House on Mango Street...