Both of these characters’ greed and lack of communication is what ultimately lead to the failure of their plans for a quick buck. Jerry is in quite the financial situation due to undisclosed issues, and is in need of a healthy sum to get out of his rut. Since he is already in a heaping amount of debt and his greed leads him to want it quick and easy, but he sees no way of doing that legally. As a lowly car salesman, “he assumes the pose of criminal mastermind, a mismatch that initiates a series of violent acts” (Gaughran 232). Since Jerry really has no idea what he’s doing, he foolishly leaves it in the hands of the two hit men to take care of it.
An example of this is how Tom doesn’t even really like Myrtle, but he still cheats on Daisy with her. In this example, Tom is only using Myrtle as an escape from his life with Daisy, which isn’t as perfect as he wanted it to be. Therefore, he feels the need to cheat on Daisy, simply because he can get away with it. Another example of how the rich use the less rich, is when Gatsby uses Nick to get to Daisy. Gatsby wouldn’t have showed so much interest in Nick if he hadn’t known that Daisy was Nick’s cousin.
The Dude takes one of the rugs anyways and on his way out meets Mr. Lebowski’s wife Bunny. Mr. Lebowski calls The Dude a few days later explaining that Bunny was missing and the kidnappers had written him a ransom note for one million dollars. The Dude was asked to exchange the one million dollars for Bunny because he knew what the kidnapers had looked like. Some other gangsters steal The Dude’s new rug, so now he’s rug less. The guys who stole Bunny call to arrange the ransom exchange, but it goes south and The Dude loses the million dollar briefcase after his car gets stolen at the Bowling Alley.
Both the characters are portrayed as being greedy and selfish people, especially the Pardoner. Selling pardons was seen as one of the most bitterly criticised religious practices in the fourteenth century. By selling the pardons he is effectively building up a bank balance against his sins spiritually. For the sins to still be forgiven, he would have had to go and confess to a priest. Even though he gets “moore moneye than that the person gat in monthes tweye” he still lies about his relics to receive even more money.
In doing this task it gives Dave the opportunity to change his status as a wanderer in the courts of heaven. On the other hand Ed is resistant to the ideas of trade, especially foreign trade because being the CEO of the Stellar Television Company he is facing immense competition from the lower priced Japanese made televisions. Ed’s main purpose for not supporting free trade is to protect his employees from the negative impacts of a foreign product that can overtake the market. To show Ed that his resistance to change his views on total protectionism could be the detriment of nearly everyone else; Dave takes him on a journey to the future, back to the past, and through different years to prove Dave’s point of view. Their travels begin by Dave explaining his favor for free trade through the argument of efficiency; which he explains as “the roundabout way to wealth”.
Art Moran, The local sheriff concluded the death of Carl Henie was an accident until Horace Whaley the local coroner suggested otherwise. Horace stated Carl was struck by a sharp narrow object such as a sharp stick used in Kendo. Kabuo was now a suspect in the murder of Carl Henie, Under a vigorous discriminatory trial persecuted by Alvin Hooks. Ishmael Chambers, A local newspaper editor becomes very invested in the trial, His interest was more or less in the fact that He was in love with Hatsue as an adolescent ( Who is now Kabuo’s wife ). The book goes back to several flashbacks of their childhood together and the love they secretly had for one another.
When comparing the emotional aspects of the characters in both stories it is clear that their characteristics affect the plot of the stories. For instance; Trevor, although not the leader of the Wormsley Gang, but clearly desiring to be, becomes angry after visiting the home of Mr. Thomas. “T” as he is called, convinces the other gang members to help him destroy the home of Mr. Thomas’, also known as “Old Misery”. It was clear that “T” and the gang were somewhat disgusted in Old Misery’s obsession with hording his wealth while neglecting his house. In “The Rocking Horse Winner” Paul’s mother desperately desires a richer life that cannot be supported on her husband’s income, and blames him for her despairing life.
Gatsby’s intentions were pure but became corrupted due to his blind love for Daisy “preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams”. The illegal dealings Gatsby partook in were all in the false hope of conquering the dream and Daisy, “rumors floating around about his occupation "He's a bootlegger." Becoming a bootlegger provided Gatsby with the connections and wealth to, in theory, break through the invisible, but ever-present social divide and win Daisy’s heart. Much like George Wilson just trying to break out of poverty, Gatsby is trying to break into the ‘elite’ social class. The arrogance and antipathetic aristocracy with ‘old money’ would never truly accept anyone who wasn’t born into wealth.
“Is selling your soul worth more than the price it may come with?” It all started in the swampy woods on what was thought to be, a shortcut, back to the home of the unfortunate Tom Walker, and this is where he meets the devil. It’s at this time the deals start, the lives ends and souls are taken. When Tom first meets the devil he rejects the idea of making a deal with him and selling his soul for the money and treasure promised. It is when Tom returns home and reports the events and deal to his greedy wife that things start to spiral out of control ____________________________________ ___________________________________ Tom’s wife being the greedy hag she was demanded that Tom take up the deal with the devil, due to the riches promised if he did. After much refusing on Tom’s part, mostly because he knew his wife wanted him to and was disgusted at the thought of doing what she wanted him to do, Tom’s wife makes her way to the spot on the trail to go sell her own soul to the devil .
Gatsby’s wealth failed to provide him with the things he wanted most: Daisy, social acceptance, and friendship. Scott Fitzgerald also shows us more examples of how wealth cant buy happiness by showing us Myrtle’s affair with Tom Buchanan. Another example of how wealth has made some people unhappy is Tom, who is only interested in money and he is unfaithful to his wife, Daisy. Scott Fitzgerald also shows us how cruel money can be and the negative consequences it could bring by being very descriptive about Myrtle’s