The Crucible Greed Essay

Greed is as rampant in today’s society as it was back in the 1800’s, if not more. Sadly there are many influences on children to impose greed on them. For example Mr. Eugene Krabs of SpongeBob, or Tom Walker from the Devil and Tom Walker or perhaps Thomas Putnam of The Crucible; characters like these should not be allowed to influence kids. They are the definition of absolute greed and with SpongeBob being one of the most popular childhood shows, the creators should be ashamed. From stealing people’s money to killing for property, these men are sure to disgust any parent. Books and shows like this should come with a parental advisory warning or a “viewers’ discretion is advised” label.
First of all Mr. Krabs would do absolutely anything for a simple penny. He often acts as if money was the more valuable and important than anything else in existence. He has been known to fantasize about money. In one episode in particular he dreamed he was in a golden bathtub filled with twenties and change and it kept filling with more and more money. Mr. Eugene

Krabs is so cheap that he buys a claw machine that is practically impossible to beat. One of his employees, Squidward becomes so obsessed with beating it that he gives up every nickel and dime he has just to win a simple stuffed animal. Squidward even gave up the deed to his house to attempt to beat it. Another time would be when his daughter had her sixteenth birthday party and he says “Now, now, don't snap your mizzenmast. Everything is all set. Why, I've already got the party favors, bubble wrap!”
Also another character that exemplifies greed would be Tom Walker from The Devil and Tom Walker. Tom was such a greedy man that he actually made a deal with the devil to ruin peoples live and businesses. Tom’s job was that he “shall extort bonds, foreclose mortgages, drive the merchants into bankruptcy”. Tom planned to be the one to do the dirty work for the devil. His wife was also a greedy little thing as well. Once she heard of the deal she urged Tom to take it she also contemplated taking the deal herself and keeping her riches for herself. Together they were a selfish and highly despicable duo and with the devils influence, there is no telling what the two would do to be wealthy.
Similarly would be no one other than The Crucible’s very own Thomas Putnam, the greediest of them all.

He sold out numerous innocent members of his community for witchcraft. The accused people were to be tried and if they were convicted guilty and still denied it, they were hung. The property of the deceased was immediately put up for sale. The main buyer of their property was none other than Thomas Putnam. Several townspeople’s fate came at the mere point of Putnam’s finger. An excellent quote said by Giles Corey, “I have heard from an honest man who heard Putnam say it! The day his daughter cried out on Jacobs, he said she’d given him a fair gift of land” exposes Putnam. Also much like Tom Walker, Putnam’s wife, Ann, was no good as well. Ann was a grief stricken old hag with the loss of seven babies during childbirth. The slight thought of her babies and the two of them would be instantly telling the story of

it.
To conclude, these characters are some worst people to ever be able to influence a young child. From penny pinching to ruining others lives and livelihoods to letting innocent people die to purchase their land, greed is shown to kids all the time. Young children should not be influenced by greed. Their young minds need to be shown the rewards of helping others and sacrificing their time and themselves for others. The newest generation should be the turning point of all the worlds hate and problems. Solving all of the world issues could be nearly impossible but we can resolve issues between countries by showing that people can play nice without killing each other. Greed is ruining the morals and ethics of people everywhere and is driving this world into the ground.