Greed and Money People say that money is the root of all evil. In the short story “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Braddock Washington acquires a frightening sense of power along with his fortunes. He represents an exact image of how money causes people to become greedy, selfish, and cruel. No one human being is perfect and sometimes we are caught up or overwhelmed in our emotions. Some individuals …showed first 75 words of 770 total…

…showed last 75 words of 770 total…been more abusive with his power than others, but too much money will bring the worst out of anyone especially when they are afraid of loosing it. With out the diamond mountain his life would have been spared and he would have been a good man. The fact is people can easily take things for granted but the only key to preventing this is to know when to stop. And that is anyone’s guess.