In The Heart of Darkness, the main focus of the characters greed is ivory. “The word ‘ivory’ rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it” (The Heart of Darkness). The greed was especially high it Kurtz. He was so obsessed with ivory and paranoid that the manager was going to steal it. The greed of the men reflected their meaningless value of their society driven by greed. In The Death of Ivan Ilych, when Ivan’s friends are informed of his death, everyone of them thinks of the possible promotion they could be getting out of his death. They feel no true emotions regarding his death and only show up to his funeral because it is the “kosher” thing to do in their society, not because they have any true need to pay their
In The Heart of Darkness, the main focus of the characters greed is ivory. “The word ‘ivory’ rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it” (The Heart of Darkness). The greed was especially high it Kurtz. He was so obsessed with ivory and paranoid that the manager was going to steal it. The greed of the men reflected their meaningless value of their society driven by greed. In The Death of Ivan Ilych, when Ivan’s friends are informed of his death, everyone of them thinks of the possible promotion they could be getting out of his death. They feel no true emotions regarding his death and only show up to his funeral because it is the “kosher” thing to do in their society, not because they have any true need to pay their