Norris' "McTeague": Themes
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McTeague, a novel written at the turn of the century by Frank
Norris, is a classic example of naturalist writing. This novel is written
with the harsh realities that were this time period. There are many themes
that occur in naturalism. Some of them that appear in this novel are greed,
lust, strife ....
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.... with the hope that she might be
able to locate these missing riches. When she is unable to find the gold
he becomes mad at her and slits her throat before killing himself. It is
possible that he put so much of himself into his greed that when he could
not quell it with the gold he felt his life was not worth living. Trina
shows how greedy she is when she wins the 5,000 in the lottery. She will
not spend any money where it is needed, and because of this the couples
standards of living decline ....
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