As you read, consider applying a Feminist and Marxist lens. A Feminist criticism involves reading a text according to feminist ideas and concepts, which revolve around the ways in a society might value one gender or sex over the others. When conducting a feminist criticism, we're thinking about gender structures, the ways in which power is distributed amongst those structures, and the means by which these structures are maintained. Conversely, a Marxist criticism involves reading a text according to Marxist ideas and concepts, which revolve around the ways in a society is separated into different classes. When conducting a Marxist criticism, we're thinking about social structures, the ways in which power is distributed amongst those structures, and the means by which these structures are maintained.

Use The Writer's Toolbox to learn more about various concepts within these two areas.