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Akasha Classics Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw
Major Barbara by Shaw George Bernard Akasha Classics AkashaPublishing.Com No one writes about social issues as entertainingly as Shaw George Bernard. In Major Barbara he addresses the problem of poverty and the institutions that are supposed to help. The play centers on an ideological battle between father and daughter: Andrew Undershaft is an arms manufacturer who sees wealth as a social good his daughter Barbara is a Salvation Army Major who feels her fathers money is tainted. Taking aim at religion charities and the romanticization of the poor Shaw makes a case for seeing poverty as a crime and an inexcusable fault in society. Filled with the clever dialogue for which he is famous Major Barbara is engaging and thoughtprovoking throughout.show more