THE PEARL Greed and its abundance

GREED: AND ITS ABUNDANCE IN "THE PEARL" Greed: individuals have dissimilar opinions on this topic. Some have “the positive influence” approaches, for example; Donald Trump stated, “the point is that you can’t be too greedy”, whereas Socrates expressed his thoughts that acquisitiveness was the foundation for countless hostilities, “Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and …

…depending on worldly comforts can be likened to a greedy monkey. A greedy monkey is trapped quite easily, all you need is a secured narrow neck vase and some peanuts inside it. In its greediness the monkey will grab as big a fistful as it can, quickly finding that it now can't remove its fist and the contents. Whatever the impending danger, that greedy little animal just refuses to remove its hand without the contents!