What I'm mostly focusing on in my project is what these books are truly saying about the greed in humans. So my essential question would be:
"What does satire in these books tell you about the greed of humans?"
Even if you just think about it, greed is one of the seven most deadly sins. Its one of those sins where it can damage your life the most. You are DYING to gain money or even power that it corrupts you. If you have greed for power it's like that quote "Power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely." For money, you are so consumed with the desire to gain more, you often think it is the key to happiness when it's not. You often tend to lose sight of the things that are truly important in life. So as I read, I want to know more about how greed is portrayed in society and does those ideas still apply today?
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Rei, do you know how i can become a contributer, I'm not your blog person, but i want to subscribe...I'm so lost with all this technololgy. Anyway, i think your topic is super intresting, so i wanna be able to keep up on it.
Gen
Rei,
GREAT topic to focus on. People in society these days have become so obsessed with materialistic things that gthey forget to value the things in life that come FREE.
I, too see that greed has become a big issue in today's society. Whether it's about money or power, everyone wants it and when someone has it, they only want more. I think it's sad that people only get happy now a days because of how many carrots they have in their ears, or the amount of money they see in their paycheck. As I always say, What we crave the most destroys us gthe quickest. With that being said, we all crave money and power, yet that is what creates our own downfall. Im excited to hear more as you continue reading your books.
-Cristina
Hey Rei,
Just stopping by. But I agree with Gen, your topic is really interesting.
I didn't think of it before, but i like the connection between Satire and Greed...
Can't wait to see how you explore it.
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