Essay - Man's Fate Historical Criticism: Man's Fate in La Condition Humaine...

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Historical criticism: Man's Fate

In La Condition humaine (Man's Fate), Malraux discusses an important political episode in 1927 Shanghai. This was the time of Chinese revolution which was instigated by ***** communists and actively opposed by the nationalist forces ***** General Tchang-Kai-Shek. Originally published as a report, the book was based on facts but ***** still largely a work of fiction. George M*****nue, a friend ***** Malraux's, supplied ***** much-needed material for the book in the form of newspaper clippings. He was a reporter covering ***** communist uprising and helped Malraux write this ***** which covered a great deal more than the ***** itself. "La Condition Humaine (1933) [was] assumed to be a faithful rendering of ***** spirit of the Chinese Revolution, in which Malraux was known to have ********** engaged as a propagandist." (Cruickshank: 55)

In this book, Malraux ***** focusing on three ***** ********** of ***** revolution: a) the condition of politics and people in the developing world ***** give rise to such *****s, b) assessment of impact that such events have on lives of ***** ***** involved and c) man's eternal *****onflict with the destiny. But before we discuss the novel, however briefly, it is important ***** understand the historical background of this highly acclaimed book of its time. (Dye, 1999)

By historical criticism, it means that we would be analyzing ***** ***** and ********** various characters to see if the novel was based on real events and people or ***** it just a fictional work. We shall also ***** the *****s in which it was written along ***** ***** ***** background of ***** revolution. The book was set in a politic*****lly and socially tumultuous period in the history ***** Ch*****a. China had suffered from political instability since the turn of century ***** 20th century brought with it numerous political challenges. Regional warlords who had been ruling China in 1900s were ma*****ly products of a despotic system. (People's: W*****rlords). A *****'s republic was simply unheard of and after the failure of ***** revolution ***** 1911, a wave of resentment swept over China's communist sections. Those who found the warlord oppressive, joined forces in 1921 and established Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and *****in a short sp*****n of time, this party turned into a force to reckon with (Green 76). Chiang, on the other h*****, was a nationalist leader and toget*****er with the CCP, he tried to overthrow the ***** in *****. ***** victory however proved more beneficial to ***** than his ***** Allies as he went on ***** establish a new Ch*****ese N*****tionalist Republic in 1927 (People's: Warlords).

However Communists ***** not to stay silent and shortly after the victory of nationalist party, the conflict between two factions gripped ***** nation. This civil war l*****ted a whole decade in which communist party was repeatedly suppressed with the help of United States that had reportedly invested $3 billion to strengthen nationalist ***** ***** stem the growth of communist elements in ***** region (S*****ley: 117). Chiang tried to