All the readings, Raymond William, Gramsci’s “The Intellectuals”, and Marxist reading of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” delivered a common message, that in order for a society to exist and be able to function properly, a unified (class less) system must exist.

In the Marxist reading of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, Marx completely interprets the story according to his beliefs on communism. For example when Rudolph is introduced to the other reindeers, his father covers his nose with mud in order to prevent humiliation. Perhaps Marx emphasizes on this manner in order to demonstrate that this ridiculous instance can only occur in a society that is based on class. In a communist society all individuals are automatically accepted. Marx also mentions Yukon Cornelius the “capitalist wanna-be”. Yukon is unable to accomplish his ultimate desire due to the fact that he is a “capitalist wanna-be”. Additionally when Santa canceled Christmas, Rudolph was the only one who was able to save Christmas due to his deformity. The hidden message in that passage is that capitalism will also eventually fail and the only aspect that can save the industrial world will be communism.

In Gramsci’s “The Intellectual”, he is consumed by the idea of intellectuals. He says that “all men are potentially intellectuals” but however some can not reach that state due to society. He further continues by stating that there are two groups of intellectuals. The first group is “traditional professional intellectuals” and the second group is the “organic intellectuals”. By stating the word “organic” does he mean that these intellectuals are created naturally? This statement is quite contradictory to Marx’s idea of that all aspects are “inorganic”, nothing in our society is created naturally. Perhaps, because these intellectuals are organic, they are the leeches to our social related problems. Gramsci, more or less, blames our social disorder on these intellectuals. He claims that this social group emerges in every generation and perhaps they are the main reason to why each generation is held down and unable to move forward.

We cal also relate Jamaica Kincaid “Girl” to Raymond Williams and Marx’s ideas and beliefs. We can view the girl as the general public and her mother as the government. We can interpret their relation through Marx and Raymond William’s eyes. The government instructs the public how to behave according to their class status. How does the government achieve this manner? Through schools and more specifically through literature.