Metamorphoses, one of the most famous stories is the story of King Midas. King Midas is a very greedy person, nothing is enough,and he wants everything. He is very rich, but when he gets a wish he wants more. What would be the perfect wish if all you care about is money? Well, make everything you touch turn into money. The famous Midas Touch; he wished that anything he touched turned into solid gold. This might have seemed like a good idea at the start, but something as crazy as that can only go wrong. Because of his "Touch", Midas turned his own daughter into solid gold!
What I took out from this story was how greed can damage your life. Humanity was born with an enormous defect, enough is never enough. We always want more than what we have, and sometimes we are willing to do anything. Gambling is a perfect example of a greedy activity. Risking what you have for more shows that you are not satisfied with what you have, and chances are that you can lose everything for wanting even more.
Every time I hear the word greed, I get a mental image. That picture that tickles my brain is, the lovable Scrooge McDuck. I was raised by Duck Tales which is probably one of the greatest cartoon shows ever made. Anyways, Scrooge McDuck was the richest duck in Duckberg,and he always wanted to find a way to make money by finding treasures, investing on factories, and making an island filled with dinosaurs a type of Jurassic Park. In the end, the money didn't make Scrooge happier, it was the love of his beloved nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. He was happy with what he already had. (Duck Tales Intro)
The transformation in the story of King Midas for me was Midas' understanding of greed. He learned that greed can destroy your life the hard way. At the start of the story, he can't stop rambling about money. In the end, he wants to give it all away.
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