Greed Depicted In The Rat Trap By Selma Lagerof

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Greediness across the world Humans are not perfect; people strive on new objects, and qualities to make people feel better. This may not be true for everyone but humans are greedy. Some short stories show this aspect of greediness, “The Rat Trap” by Selma Lagerof explains of a poor greedy man who has to steal to sell his rat traps. In “Rules of the game” however, it is about a Chinese mother who wants her daughter (who is new to America) to win at chess, badly. Another short story, “Pig”, shows the tale of a man befriending a pig, but in the end the pig is ran over by his own best friend and he eats the pig after, why waste? All of these short stories are from around the world, showing that problems like this don’t just occur in one area. …show more content…

In the beginning of the story, it shows the rat trap seller, and it narrates, “He had to resort to both begging and pretty thievery…” (1198) Just because the man couldn’t sell his rat traps, doesn’t mean he had to steal the materials used to make them. It is still greedy to steal to sell for his own profit. Again, when he gets stuck in the forest, the rat trap seller says, “It just all feels like one stolen rat trap” (1200) This proves that he stole the parts in order to get his materials. Now he feels like he is stuck in a rat trap because of everything that has been happening to him. This story shows an old man who is greedy and has to steal to get his …show more content…

When Kimbaka his standing next to the pigs dead body, he thinks to himself, “…that eating ones good friends was a practice reserved for barbarians: and then, he suddenly had a clear picture of him struggling to dig a grave.” (1361) He would rather eat his own best friend by helping himself not do the back breaking work of digging a grave. While he is eating his own best friend he thinks to himself, “Kimbaka realized he was thoroughly enjoying the succulence of his friend…” (1361) He was not thinking right of being greedy and not doing what he should have done in the first place, buried the pig. Instead he is enjoying the taste of his friend that he killed. “Pig” shows a man who would rather eat his diseased friend instead of burying it all caused by

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