MONEY HUNGRY Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson, has delighted readers for generations with its exhilarating adventure, rich action, and complex characterization. Kidnapped is the story of young David Balfour, an orphan, whose uncle Ebenezer cheats him out of his inheritance and makes plans to have him kidnapped and sold into slavery. David’s Uncle Ebenezer is a very money hungry man as are many of the other people David encounters on his journey. Many of …showed first 75 words of 857 total…

…showed last 75 words of 857 total…to win. Throughout Kidnapped, Stevenson exemplifies what it is to be “money hungry” through some of his characters. He shows the extremes people will go to in order to satisfy their greed for money. It is human nature to be greedy and to desire wealth, but it is abnormal and unhealthy to be greedy enough to commit murder, to kidnap, and to slyly cheat people out of their rightfully owned and hard earned ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**