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Greed has corrupting effects on a person’s character leading to vices that harm society. Recently, there was a bomb attack targeting a German soccer team carried out by a man who wanted to make millions. The suspect, Sergej W, had bought 15,000 so-called "put options" for shares on the team and bet the share price of the team would drop. In order to get the share price to drop, a player would have to be seriously injured or killed. The suspects actions were motivated by greed alone, in hope to make millions. Luckily, no one was killed or seriously injured in the bombing. Courtesy of NBC news, this information exemplifies mankind's likelihood to act in a reckless way when they have a need for something that is lacking.

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It is unfortunately common to hear news stories of people who have blatantly contradicted themselves, whether in politics or business. Even Google, a massive technology empire with a net worth of nearly $530 billion, has earned themselves a bad reputation after having some false company virtues exposed. Since their 1998 birth, the company has both prided themselves with and preached the importance of net neutrality. In other words, they strongly criticize the internet service providers who block any content. It is ironic then, that Google, too, is now planning to participate in the very action they so strongly berated. Just this month, Google's plans to introduce their latest ad-blocking features into their Chrome browser were announced, courtesy of The Hill and The Washington Post, and the company's competitor internet search providers were sure to not allow the hypocrisy in these plans to go unnoticed.

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Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Bantam Dell, 2003. Print.

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In Mark Twain's beloved novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he portrays mankind in a negative light by emphasizing man's timeless characteristics of greed, hypocrisy, and dishonesty.

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After Huck steals the Duke and Dauphin's money, they automatically suspect one of the slaves. The Dauphin is predisposed to believe that when slaves "run across money" they are inclined to "borrow some of it" (Twain 177). Even though they stole the money in the first place, they assume that what the slaves did was less justifiable than what they did. This highlights Twains view of racial hypocrisy since they are the real thieves.

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After being ridiculously scammed by the Duke and the King's "show", the pride of the show-goers is too sensitive to warn other people from attending. The audience agrees that they "do not want to be the laughing-stock of this whole town," but rather, wish to "sell the rest of the town," too. (Twain 151). The selfish and irrational decision is to lie to the rest of the townspeople, encouraging them to attend the folly "show", in order to prevent their own further embarrassment.

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Huck finds out that an "old man [sold Jim] for forty dollars" (Twain 211). Later, Twain reveals that it was the King and he "got every cent but what he'd spent for whisky" (215). After Huck and Jim have offered so much to the King, the King takes his freedom away for his own selfish needs. Twain demonstrates mankind's tendency to put themselves before other in order to emphasize the greed in humanity.

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The Widow frequently focuses on making Huck more mature for his age. When "[he] wanted to smoke," she said it "was a mean practice... and [he] must not do it anymore" (Twain 2). However, the Widow believes she is allowed to smoke "because she done it herself" (2). She forbids Huck from smoking, yet she permits herself to do so. She holds moral standards for Huck even though she does not follow them.

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Minutes after being reunited, Huck tells Tom his desperate plans to "steal [Jim] out of slavery" (Twain 225). Though Tom does not directly lie to Huck, Tom's omission of the information that "[Jim] was already free" is a form of dishonesty nonetheless, and one that could've saved a significant amount of trouble. Huck later learns that "[Tom] want[ed] to set [Jim] free" even while secretly knowing "[Jim] was already free," which ultimately makes all their efforts to free Jim unnecessary (Twain 289). The immaturity of Tom is soon made even more clear, as he credits his costly dishonesty regarding Jim's freedom to the fact that he “wanted the adventure of it” (Twain 289).

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Growing amounts of cheating occurs in America's schools because of the quick and easy access to information. While Mr. Angelis, a professor at Hunter College in New York City, graded papers on Paul Revere, he kept seeing the same passage in his students papers. He looked the passage up, and found the exact passage on a fifth grader's project. Additionally, according to a 2002 survey, 74 percent of students reported cheating on a test in the last year. This information, courtesy of ABC News, demonstrates mankind's tendency to be dishonest to better their own interests.

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Pap's desperate need for money forces him to go as far as beating his son. He threatens to "cowhide [him] till [he] was black and blue" if Huck did not give him life long savings (Twain 21). When Huck refuses, Pap states that "it don't make no difference what [Huck] wants" (21). It has been several years since Pap has seen his son, and the only reason he visits is because he hears Huck acquired a great sum of money. His only desire is to get money to spend on alcohol for himself.

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Though some consider The Adventures of Huck Finn an American classic, the novel has sparked significant controversy over the years. Some may believe that the positive aspects in the novel, such as bravery, loyalty, and kindness, outweigh the negative ones. They may argue that the money and items the characters stole are justifiable because it was necessary for survival. However, looking at it in perspective, stealing was not the appropriate way to earn money. Additionally, people claim that at the time the book was written, it was common to believe that blacks were always at fault when havoc occurred. Huck had been told by Ms. Watson that stealing was morally wrong, and the con men were grown men that should have worked for their money rather than taking it from innocent people. Furthermore, the mindset of most of society towards African Americans is not an excuse for their appalling actions. The Great Books film also supports our claim. It explained how Mark Twain took a two year break from writing and when he returned to work on the novel, his writing seemed to take a darker turn proving the further pessimistic outlook he gained in his time off. Clearly, the book portrays numerous instances of the wrongdoings of mankind with little emphasis on the positive aspects of humanity.