# Greed and Materialism in The Purple Cloud

> Theme guide for The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel.

The intense public obsession with reaching the North Pole is fueled by a vast monetary prize from Charles P. Stickney's will, critiquing how greed corrupts noble exploration and distorts human values.

## Where it surfaces

- [The Purple Cloud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_cloud_se/chapters/the-purple-cloud): The Stickney bequest of 175 million dollars ignites a 'fevered' global race to the Pole, transforming exploration into a pursuit of wealth.

## Links

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