Why Do You Pursue Something?

In the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker”, the author shows greed by the main character selling his soul for a large treasure, being a cheap and greedy moneylender, and the lack of the main character and his wife sharing the wealth between each other in order to show that people will do anything for money and become rich.

This episode of American Greed presents the subtle yet very dangerous white collar criminals, whose tactics lead to financial losses with harrowing effects. The criminal in this particular case, Mr. Steven Palladino, manages an ice cream store in his neighborhood of West Roxbury and as such is a widely trusted man. The trust he obtains be founded from having been born and grown here as well as having his entire family as the mascots for his fraudulent enterprise. Having studied finance and finally making his way successfully through college to become a registered stock broker, he makes use of his social status to start in the pursuit of a Ponzi scheme under the appearance of Viking Financial. On the flip side, his investors seem to have unwavering trust in him despite the location of his office, a small

In a world that cares little for the wellbeing of each individual, it is impossible to survive out in the open. Wealth protect some from society’s demands while others seek refuge in family bonds. The main difference between the Author and the Other Wes Moore is the bubble that they matured in. For the Author, his mother’s love and hard work afforded him an expensive bubble of physical isolation and a regimented lifestyle. For the Other Wes, the sanctuary was of his own making; one of honor bound by ties of drug money and blood.The defining moments for each Wes Moore are when their bubbles are created and when they become a prison.

Tom Walker sat at his bedside feeling rather melancholy for he had not much to do but be chided at by his notorious witch of a wife. They both lived in their humble abode of an apartment in the middle of a city but they had a sublime view that overlooked the scenery of the domicile's dumpsters. They lived poorly, just barely getting by to afford a couple gallons of gas. Tom grew a hatred for almost everyone around and had only a handful of “friends”, he believed that money was the most valuable and important thing in his life.

The Selfish Madness of Duddy Kravitz The story of Duddy Kravitz reveals that there’s more to strive towards in life than being financially successful. Mordecai Richler’s The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz covers the story of a young man who begins to pursue money and land in response to misinterpreting advice from his grandfather. Throughout the novel, Duddy Kravitz fights for money and land, hurting those around him in the process. He breaks the hearts of those who love him and pushes them away through the horrible deeds he performs for his money.

How far will a person go to make money? Senator Albert Fall could have told you the answer. Fall had one reason for losing his integrity. His reason for losing his integrity was because he was greedy. He let his need for greed roam free and it destroyed his moral character. In addition to destroying his integrity, he also destroyed his friendship with United States President Warren G. Harding, and he destroyed people’s trust in him.

The book The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler a novel following the life of Duddy Kravitz. The protagonist has an ambition for success, but throughout the process he loses all his relationship with his close ones. Richler wants to demonstrate how crazy one can become when all they think about is success. He advises that the price can be very high indeed when one seeks success at any cost. He uses the protagonist to show different transitions he goes through to get where he wants, which includes being aimless toward life to having a goal he needs to succeed.

Greed is a common flaw in all human beings, coaxing individuals to pour in all their effort without ever being satisfied. The ultimate goal for greed is generally achieving affluence. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s insightful novel, The Great Gatsby, wealth is portrayed as the key factor in determining whether one is successful or not. Most people value prosperity over morals and ethics during the heat of pursuing their own ambitions; yet all unscrupulous behaviors do not escape God’s eyes. By utilizing eye motif, repetitions of sight words, and tone changes, F. Scott Fitzgerald justifies that avarice will always end in vain and amoral decisions will always end in regrets.

People will go to extreme lengths to make a life for themselves. Larson effectively describes the stages of Mudgett’s, also known as Holmes, intricate plan to get money. He explains that “Mudgett needed money...they

“The poison of selfishness destroys the world” (Catherine). The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, shows that relationship causes people to have problems and that many people manipulate and twist words and connections. This proves that wanting power is only an act of selfishness.

Greed is a common flaw in all human beings; it is an endless pit which wheedles individuals to pour in all their effort without ever being satisfied. More than often, fortune is the ultimate goal for greed. In the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, wealth is portrayed as the key factor in determining whether or not one is successful. Most people value prosperity over morals and ethics during the heat of attaining their own ambitions; yet all unscrupulous behaviors do not escape God’s eyes. By utilizing eye motif, repetitions of sight words, and tone changes, F. Scott Fitzgerald justifies that avarice will always end in vain and amoral decisions will always end in regrets.

One sunny day on the busy streets of Chicago, a homeless man walked down the sidewalks scowling at nearby street peddlers. He went by the name of Richard Walker, better known as Rich, which was very ironic. He walked down the sidewalks through different people, catching sections of their conversation. “Look at Rich! Don’t give that old homeless man any money!” Although Rich was well used to it, didn’t mean he took it lightly at all.

For our Economics subject, we watched The Pursuit of Happyness, a movie based on Chris Gardner, a salesman who was not making that much money and eventually experiences homelessness with his five-year old son. He faces problems when his wife is unwilling to accept his goal to become a stockbroker and leaves him. However, he perseveres even under all this stress.

Greediness has strong toll on our actions. This is the moral of the story. This mainly applies to Long John Silver, who searches for the money. He will do whatever it takes to get the money. His sneaky way of deceiving people gets him a long way, but it can’t get him everything.

As the story unfolds, the reader finds that the narrator, a profitable lawyer who worked under “the late John Jacob Astor,” believes in living life easily or without