Post Six- Williams and Gramsci

In Raymond Williams' argument, he states that Marxist readings have three main concepts which are: a system of beliefs akin to a group, a system of beliefs that are opposite the beliefs of the group, and the creation of products, physical or otherwise. Furthermore, he goes on to say that these three concepts are not exclusive to Marx. This idea can be seen in other pieces of literature, even one that isn't ideological at the surface.
Girl by Jamaica Kincaid exhibits the three concepts that Williams has mentioned, as the girl does things such as cooking and laundry for the family in order for it to exist as one unit. There are also citations of little do's and don't's, such as soaking a salt fish overnight before cooking it, which can be considered to be a parallel to real beliefs Vs false beliefs. In terms of the latter, the girl asks "is it true that you sing benna in Sunday school?", questioning a potential belief that could be held by the girl. This is relative to William's main argument, as Girl is not, by any means, an intentionally Marxist reading, but Marxist ideas found in literature, which again, is the argument that Williams is making.
Antonio Gramsci's philosophy is similar to Marxism in that Gramsci believes that he believes that people are all intelligent and can serve their function in a community to make it whole. However, unlike Marx, Gramsci's philosophy places people into two different categories, the "traditionally intelligent" and the "organically intelligent", where Marx would chide this sort of thinking in favor of a more unitarian model of society with everyone doing everything for everyone with no major difference amongst the people.
Again, using Kincaid's Girl, Gramsci's philosophy is much more apparent here, as the "traditionally intelligent" are the people who impart advice about cooking and cleaning, and the "organic thinkers" are people like the girl who apply this advice to their own tasks of cooking and cleaning. While there are two different philosophies that are apparent, they are both easy to find within a simple text of a girl doing everyday chores.