Greed In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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The novella’s conclusion completed Steinbeck’s moral argument because it demonstrates what greed can do to a person. Particularly towards the end of the novella, Kino’s greed and desire for the pearl becomes increasingly unfavorable, and results in him killing a man. This as well as other events that occurred in the story resulted in grave things happening to him and his family. However, I don’t think the novella could have ended any other way for the author’s voice to be portrayed so powerfully and to exhibit the message so clearly. The way the story presented itself, the description and foreshadowing all contributed to how beautifully the story was written (except that one part… you could probably guess which scene) and made the story that