Question

The story of Keesh Activity 1: Expanded Definition By considering various sources of information,generate expanded definitions from “The story of Keesh” Activity 2: Marxist Literary Criticism

Answer 1

Explanation:

The Story of Keesh is written by Jack London. The protagonist of the story is Keesh who was the son of a hunter. The theme of the short story is based on sacrifice   which is forgotten by the community. In the story the protagonist made an effort to prove that his father has become the saviour of the community. He came forward to make the society aware regarding the fact that they should appreciate each and every sacrifice of that person. As a definition it can be expanded that the sacrifice of a person should be appreciated and in a society people should not have bad prejudices towards each other. It is call moral values.

Marxist literary criticism can be define as term describing literary criticism which are based on socialist and dialectic theories. The literary criticism considers literary works as images of the social institutions from which they originate. Marxists literary criticism advocates that literature itself is a social institution. Based on the experience and ideology of the author it has a definite ideological function. ‘The Story of Keesh’ the story was based on author Jack London’s life experience. The author has endorsed socialism and it is related to the theme of story. The story describes about the social life in human relation in the community.  Further the life of the protagonist in the story has connection with the real life of the author.