Throughout history mankind has battled temptation, greed, and guilt. These three issues are forever lasting in the world in a wide array of cultures and time periods. In Mark Twain’s, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, Twain explains his views on the themes of temptation, greed ,and guilt. Temptation is no stranger. Each person faces temptation daily. In the case of the people of Hadleyburg, they were tempted when an unsuspecting man delivers a sack of gold. The stranger does not give many details about the rightful owner of the sack. The stranger only says, “A man once gave me twenty dollars and from that twenty dollars I became rich. I was also given a valuable piece of advise; please give this to the man that gave the advise.”
