The Marxist and feminist theoretical schools are two sides of the same coin. In attempting to analyze Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye through the lens of a Marxist and feminist critic, the close relationship between seemingly different schools of theory becomes evident. We see where both theories require the same procedure envisaged by Bressler; both theories required the reader to pay close attention to the text itself regarding the plot, themes, language, and society in which the literary work is set. This allows the reader to bring to light the effects these factors may have had on the meaning of the text and the reader's overall interpretation of the novel. Comparing them, it becomes clear that both theories are explicitly about power and its unequal and somewhat unfair distribution. Both address social conflicts between a dominant group and an oppressed one in relation to this unequal distribution of power. The key difference that distinguishes the two is in their priority issues; feminist critics are concerned with the equalization of power between the sexes while Marxist critics are concerned with the equalization of power between social classes in relation to race and economically determined social hierarchy. Tyson argues that feminist criticism is concerned "... with the ways in which literature reinforces or undermines the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women" (82). This theory seeks to expose how the characteristics of our culture are innately patriarchal. According to him, the school of Marxist criticism is concerned with class differences, be they economic, racial or otherwise; “Marxism attempts to reveal the ways in which our socioeconomic system is the latest soul… middle of paper… trying to look like them. She got a job simply because she wanted to be able to afford clothes and makeup. Pauline hoped that wearing makeup and the same type of clothes that these women wear would have earned her the acceptance of these other women. For a feminist critic this would have proven to be one of the many important problems that only women face assumes that women are always in. competition with each other with the desire to be accepted by other women and also by their male counterparts Living in a patriarchal environment where they are seen and treated as the minority, the oppressed group or as inferior, they involuntarily begin to see and think of themselves themselves in this light. Women are socialized to depend on men, and as such compete for maximum attention from these possible protectors and providers. This situation causes chronic negative stereotypes of women.