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This paper on literature of capitalism focuses on the aspect of Marxism in John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. The idea is class division among human beings, analyzed the concept of class conflict. How man is concluded by his class and society in the world. Class plays dynamic role at each and every step of man’s life no matter how dark is inside or outside. The capitalist world does not give value to anything suppose the belongings. John Steinbeck’s the pearl is a social-economic analysis of the village of La Paz which situated at the far end of the Baja Peninsula. The entire theme of the novel addresses a struggle between rich class and poor class. Capitalist ideology foregrounds in utilize of the proletariat in the pearl. The protagonist Kino and his race held certain views which are evidently capitalist ideology. It describes the reality that how insignificant group of capitalist controls and utilize the significant mass of poor through practicing the social system of capitalism. This class division is the essential part of capitalism. Both the classes have been juxtaposed in the novel; the class conflict is the main characteristic of capitalism. Marxism wants to bring down this imbalance in society of the novel The Pearl. In twentieth century writers and critics are interested in the class conflict between rich class and poor class in the society. The pearl also highlighting the inequality of the poor class of society ineffective of capitalism.

Class conflict, Marxism, Capitalism

"MARXIST READING IN JOHN STEINBECK’S THE PEARL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.549-553, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06114.pdf

"MARXIST READING IN JOHN STEINBECK’S THE PEARL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp549-553, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06114.pdf