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    The document discusses analyzing the poem "Manggagawa" from a Marxist perspective. [1] Marxism focuses on the exploitative relationship between capitalists and the working class and the inevitable class conflict that results. [2] The poem highlights the roles and contributions of laborers (proletariat) to society's development. [3] It suggests the poem carries an implicit message calling for recognition and proper compensation of hardworking laborers, implying the need for social movement or reform to address their marginalization.

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    The document discusses analyzing the poem "Manggagawa" from a Marxist perspective. [1] Marxism focuses on the exploitative relationship between capitalists and the working class and the inevitable class conflict that results. [2] The poem highlights the roles and contributions of laborers (proletariat) to society's development. [3] It suggests the poem carries an implicit message calling for recognition and proper compensation of hardworking laborers, implying the need for social movement or reform to address their marginalization.

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    Manggagawa

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    The document discusses analyzing the poem "Manggagawa" from a Marxist perspective. [1] Marxism focuses on the exploitative relationship between capitalists and the working class and the inevitable class conflict that results. [2] The poem highlights the roles and contributions of laborers (proletariat) to society's development. [3] It suggests the poem carries an implicit message calling for recognition and proper compensation of hardworking laborers, implying the need for social movement or reform to address their marginalization.

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    A Marxist’s Approach to Manggagawa by Jose Corazon de Jesus

    As a social, political, and economic theory proposed by Karl Marx, Marxism focuses
    on the struggle between capitalists and the working class. According to him, the power
    relationships between capitalists and workers were inherently exploitative and would
    inevitably create class conflict. And that this conflict would ultimately lead to a revolution in
    which the working class would overthrow the capitalist class and seize control of the
    economy. (Marxism by Brock, Thomas 2021, Retrieved from Investopedia.com)

    Jose Corazon de Jesus ‘poem entitled “Manggagawa” is a poem that delves upon the
    laborers or proletariat (as Marx has termed) roles and contributions toward the country’s
    development. Since the poem highlights upon the economic status of the individuals or it
    describes one of the society’s classes which is the Manggagawa or laborers, it is then best to
    view such from a Marxist’s perspective.

    Social classes exist in a society and it is undeniable how distinct the way these two
    classes have lived. In the first two stanzas of the poem, the persona is enumerating the things
    that the laborers have done for the benefit of the society and of mankind. He accentuated that
    everything that we saw- from the coins, the lightings, crib of a baby to the buildings and
    infrastructures are products of the hard sweats of the laborers. Based on the tone of the poem,
    we can perceive that the persona is on a depth of sadness thus, denotes and set the same mood
    from the reader, too. It is as though laborers are the ones who are giving off their energy and
    hard work, yet they are still considered the marginalized and underprivileged of a society
    whereas the bourgeoisie or the upper class remain the rulers of the economy and society as
    well.

    Upon perceiving these, I could say that the poem carries an implicit and underlying
    message of recognition and proper compensation of hard work of the laborers. The persona is
    suggesting a social movement or reform to address the issue that these workers are currently
    facing. It is like a battle cry or a satire to the government to break the distinction of classes
    and to also consider these persons and recognize them as they should be.

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