Frank Norris' "McTeague": The Three Major Themes
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The novel, McTeague, written by Frank Norris has many ways to
understand the events. The relationships between the characters in the
story are strange. First, it seems that the first half of the story many of
the characters come together. For example, Marcus and McTeague become
friends, Trina and McTeague get married, Maria and Zerkow g ....
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.... lady, yet they were both almost
exactly alike. Here are some quotes on greed. "Miser, nasty little old
miser. You're worse than old Zerkow, always nagging about money, money, and
you got five thousand dollars. You got more, an' you live in that stinking
hole of a room, and you won't drink any decent beer." "She don't care if I
get wet and get a cold and die. No, she don't, as long as she's warm and
got her money." Greed in the novel is one of ....
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Number of pages: 5 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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