A Dancer's Animalistic Instincts

What is the significance of the motherly instinct that Selma shows to her boy in regards to Marx's discussion of animalistic instincts?

First, the 'dedicated mother' portion and be tied back tot he discussion of animal instincts that Marx presents on page 300 of the piece we read. He begins by discussing production and how it is what separates people from animals. He also says that while animals DO produce, they do so only for their livelihood and for that of reproduction. Man, on the other hand, produces under no such pretext. He states, "[Man] only truly produces in freedom therefrom.[from physical need]" Selma, in my opinion, represents the bondage that the proletariat suffers through as they are coerced into a frenzied state of production. Her son represents the ideals of capitalism. The relationship that they share is not too terribly different from that of the proletariat and the capitalists. She is BLINDLY producing for someone, her son, but he will never know that she has done this, per her wishes. The same way that he lacks the knowledge of his producing contributor, Capitalists rarely know or care about the people who work for them. Contrastingly, Selma unconditionally loves her son, just as people who are in capitalistic societies love their supposed freedoms. It is nothing but a facade that allows the proletariat the single thing that keeps them going: Hope.