Alienated work takes away the meaning of life and that "life appears only as a means to live". Living without creativity and just to survive reduces human beings to an animalistic status; they are alienated from the very things that distinguish them as human beings” (Dillon, 2010, p. 54). This can be seen vividly as the industrial revolution advanced in society. The workers were very alienated from their work. Below are some examples that correspond to those of Marx