Frank Norris' "McTeague": The Three Major Themes

Part I of Essay
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 b ....

Part II of Essay
.... and riches. The same obsession for money was in all of the characters. Zerkow was viewed as a "lost" soul and Trina as a proper young lady, yet they were both almost exactly alike. Here are some quotes on greed. "Miser, nasty little old miser. You're worse than old Zerkow, always nagging about money, money, and you got five thousand dollars. You got more, an' you live in that stinking hole of a room, and you won't drink any decent beer." "She don't care if I get wet and get a cold and die. No, she don't, as long as she's warm and got her m ....