1. What is the economic status of the characters?
2. What happens to them as a result of this status?
3. How do they fare against economic and political odds?
4. What other conditions stemming from their class does the writer emphasize?
5. To what extent does the work fail by overlooking the economic, social, and political implications of its material?
6. In what other ways does economic determinism affect the work?
7. How should the readers consider this story in today’s developed or underdeveloped societies?
8. Does the story express an undertone of Marxism? Explain your answer