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 ....
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.... you from a caring person into a evil
person. Zerkow was greatly obsessed with gold and riches. The same
obsession for money was in all of the characters. Zerkow was viewed as a
"lost" soul and Trina as a proper young 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 ....
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