Leah Dittmer Cox English 10 5 March 2024 Syndrome of Greed Have you ever seen something you love get destroyed because of someone's greedy desires? In a study done by a clinical professor he expresses in the beginning “It is said that without greed we would still be living in caves but, left unchecked, the insatiable desire for more and better material things can be destructive.” We as the people living in this world are responsible for the change of things from the resort of greed. In both “La Rinconada” and “The Golden Touch”, the imbalance of greedy wants leads to destruction of something beloved. Just in the beginning sentences, it sets the idea of what miners want to do in the world. Mining for gold high in the mountains has come at a price for the environment and the …show more content…
(14 Arana)” As the story goes on the author describes it more saying, “the green is gone. The Earth is turned upside down. (15 Arana)” “All you see is garbage, a choking ruin, and ghostly shadows picking through it. 16 Arana. It all sounds so devastating, people once clearly thrived in that place a time ago and now the greedy wants of gold miners took that away. In the golden touch, Midas made a greedy wish from his insane desire that led to nearly destroying some things. He forgot, it was more important to love than riches. When Midas first came upon his visitor, who would essentially give him a wish, Midas replied “I wish everything that I touch to be changed to gold! (18 Hawthorne).” From after this gift was given, Midas awaited until it came upon him. He took it upon him to go from bush to bush, and use his magic touch until every flower and bud was turned to gold. When Marigold saw this, however, she didn’t feel the love for them as he did, expressing that “it is not beautiful, but the ugliest flower that ever