When I think of a greedy person I picture an old grumpy man in the park who is sitting on the bench about to eat a sandwich while a poor and starving child in the sandbox cries of hunger. Instead of splitting the sandwich and sharing half of it with the poor child, the grumpy old man eats it and keeps it all to himself. People who are greedy sometimes do not even realize how greedy they actually are. A greedy person like this may not only keep the sandwich to himself but also then throw out what’s left over. Once again being selfish and thinking of nothing but himself. Why waste the sandwich when you could hand it to a starving child?
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I really enjoyed the way you described greed, and personified it as a grumpy old man. I had a funny clear picture of what you were trying to say.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, I definitely saw that picture in my mind. I like the way you defined greed, because it's true. We have so much, and although we know others are in such a famished state, we don't think of them. We just eat how much we want, and if we don't want anymore we throw it out. About my blog, the iPod was for me...so thank you for not making me feel bad :) But still, it's true that greedy people just want more and more, that's greed.
ReplyDeleteI like your description of greed using starvation versus wastefulness. You could possibly expand this into a metaphore about how wasteful America is with food and how people in other countries go to bed hungry every night. You really use an emotional appeal because everyone sympathizes with children as being helpless.
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