McTeague
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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 get married. As
the story ends, the friendships of the characters breaks down into
violence and death. First, Zerkow killed Maria and himself, next McTeague
kills Trina, and then Marcus tracks down McTeague in the desert and they
both die as McTeague kills Marcus and then dies himself of dehydration.
It seems the strong survive and the weak die. In this case the strong
survive longer than the weak. The theme that connects most of the
conflicts together is that of greed. Greed is one of the three major
themes in the novel "McTeague"...