The themes of greed and ambition are often common in classical English literature. Greed and ambition are very similar topics and commonly confused. Ambition is and I quote, earnest desired for something and greed is defined as the selfish desire for the very same thing. John Steinbeck treats these themes very well in his literature. Another author, Guy de Maupassant wrote a short passage called The Necklace which uses both themes with an ironic twist at the end. French author Guy de Maupassant uses the character of Madame Loisel to express how ambition can turn to greed. This woman isn’t rich, not too poor either. Like us she always wanted a little more from life. The author writes, “She suffered endlessly, feeling she was entitled to all the delicacies and luxuries of life.”Guy wrote this to make sure the readers know that she has a desire to be known, to be on top. Her ambition quickly turned into greed.
The more she contemplated the idea of being rich the more it consumed her. Paragraph 5 says the following, “She had a rich friend, a former schoolmate at the convent, whom she no longer wanted to visit because she suffered so much when she came home. For whole days …show more content…
In the Pearl, Kino strived for his ambitions but at the end his desires never came true. Like George and Lenny’s plans to start a farm, it never happens. John Steinbeck portrayed greed in the pearl through the pearl dealers. The Pearl dealers wanted to trick Kino by telling him that his pearl wasn’t of much value. If this was true then people would of stop trying to steal the pearl and that doesn’t happen. Greed always has dangerous consequences but what John does in this book is to show that even honest desires (Ambition) are dangerous. At the end Kino’s wishes for a better life for his family ended killing his only son and leaving him and his wife and I quote, “Removed from human
The more she contemplated the idea of being rich the more it consumed her. Paragraph 5 says the following, “She had a rich friend, a former schoolmate at the convent, whom she no longer wanted to visit because she suffered so much when she came home. For whole days …show more content…
In the Pearl, Kino strived for his ambitions but at the end his desires never came true. Like George and Lenny’s plans to start a farm, it never happens. John Steinbeck portrayed greed in the pearl through the pearl dealers. The Pearl dealers wanted to trick Kino by telling him that his pearl wasn’t of much value. If this was true then people would of stop trying to steal the pearl and that doesn’t happen. Greed always has dangerous consequences but what John does in this book is to show that even honest desires (Ambition) are dangerous. At the end Kino’s wishes for a better life for his family ended killing his only son and leaving him and his wife and I quote, “Removed from human