The Wreck of the Mary Deare
What drives people in this modern age of ours? It is evident almost everywhere in ourworld that greed controls lives. Society has morphed into a money sucking monster. Everywhere we look there are cheaters and crooks just trying to get rich and not caring about anything or anyone they harm or destroy. However, many people also work hard and are fair, but they still do it just for money. The book The Wreck Of The Mary Deare portrays this theme of life well. The search for money and possessions drives everyone, be they good or bad, right to the very end. In the beginning of the book John Sands is trying to get money. He is driving a boat on a mission of salvage collecting. He is just trying to get money rather fairly but greed is driving him nevertheless. “Salvage! A ship of 6,000 tons, drifting and abandoned. It was unbelievable” (18). As the quote says he spots a ship that has been abandoned. The first thing that comes to mind is how he can make money off of it. That it is just salvage waiting to be collected. He does not think of trying to find any survivors, and worst of
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Approximate Word count = 742
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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