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Trace incidents of greed by both townspeople and politicians as the characters progress from one novel to the next. Your task in a small group is to create a timeline that illustrates how townspeople allowed fear and greed to lead them into battle. What is the ultimate message about greed in both novels? What is the message about humankind and war? What is the author trying to say about corruption and power?

Q-1 I think that the ulitimate message about greed in both novels is that if there is too much power it can lead to bad things. As an example, how in the city of Ember the mayor was very greedy and ended up not even helping anyone and making it harder for everyone to get along.

Q-2 The ultimate message about greed and war here is that if people our very greedy it influences the chances of them starting a war. This is exactly what happened in the world (in the People of Sparks novel) when the different communities all were being very greedy when each of them wanted specific pieces of land, and this resulted in the four great wars.

Greed can lead to wanting a thing very much so they want it even more making less for others. Having power to have a lot of one thing can lead to others being afraid of them. I think that the message in both novels is that you can to have as much of one thing as you want but accept the conscenquences. If humans cannot get along, then they argue over little things. Pretty soon, the little things turn into big things resulting in a war that is bad for everyone. The author is trying to say that if people don't stay in harmony, then people start argueing with some people with power leading them. Tony