What is the family? Family can be described in several ways, by a group of people of common descent or by one person's perceived vision of what a family actually is. Everyone has their own beliefs about what truly constitutes and defines a family. We will compare the views on the family based on Karl Marx's "Communist Manifesto" and Jose Saramago's "The Cave" to see the differences and similarities that occur, and then we will come to a general conclusion that the family is a product of our environmentMarx felt that the history of man is the history of class struggles; these class struggles generally exist between the oppressed and the oppressors. As regards the modern class struggle, the authors of the Manifesto attribute the reasons for the abuse of working class. The working class is portrayed as almost impossible to improve; they only have the bare minimum to survive and the growth of capitalism is making the proletarian class even bigger. This is why they are suited to rise up, together, in an open revolution to change the current social structure, to overthrow the rule of the bourgeoisie. Because of the drive to make money, Marx felt that bonds between men had been reduced to “bare ties.” personal interest” and “cash payment”. (Marx 11) For Marx, families were seen as nothing more than a business relationship. For this reason Marx advocated the abolition of families and advocated free love to end the exploitation of wives. Instead of having many family units, the plan was to break them up to make way for the birth of a single large family of proletarians. In “The Cave” the vision of the family is represented by Cipriano Algor, his daughter Marta, her husband Marcal and even the family dog ​​Found. Family is very important to the Algor as it can be seen in the family's constant crying and arguing. There are many discussions that end with one or more people in the discussion crying. For example, when Marta finally tells her father that they are having a child, Cipriano gets angry because they didn't tell him before, Marta starts crying and everything ends well. Crying is a key way to show someone you care.