How's your bank account doing lately? If you check your bank account statement right now and it is not less than a hundred dollars, would you consider yourself rich or poor? When we think of the word rich, the first things that come to mind are celebrities, presidents of something important or companies. When we think of the word poor, the first things that come to mind are people who live on the streets, in a foreign country or in a single-parent family. Who doesn't want to be known as a rich person? There are categories of rich and poor for a reason. In modern society, greed impacts the way we live and think. Greed is wanting things but never being satisfied; this is manifested in our society by the gap between the rich and the poor. Slavery has existed since 1619, when African Americans arrived in America. Africans were used to doing the heavy lifting for the Americans. Slave owners were considered rich while slaves were considered poor. In the book “No Witchcraft for Sale” by Doris Lessing, Africans in Rhodesia were controlled by the English, forcing them to work as servants. Gideon was an African servant of the Farquars and he enjoyed his work. He had a strong bond with them, like he was part of the family. The Farquars have a son named Teddy, he was the only child. Teddy was playing outside and encountered a poisonous snake. The snake was spitting venom in his eyes, luckily Gideon knew of a plant that could cure the boy. After the incident, "Mr. Farquar began to explain how a useful medicine could be made from the root and how it could be put on sale...?" (Lessing 1121). Gideon was unwilling to say where the factory was because he knew the consequences that would result if the English knew of the factory's existence. The thought that came to his mind... middle of paper...... money to survive with food, shelter and health. Businesses cannot exist without our greed. They make money from our desire for new things that become popular in modern society. We long for what the rich have while we want the kindness of the poor. Greed is never being satisfied with what we have and craving what others have; the gap between rich and poor is what balances greed in modern society. Works Cited Buchheit, Paul. “How Corporate Greed Is Starving Our Public School System.” AlterNet. Np, June 16, 2014. Web. June 6, 2014. High cost of low prices. Real. Robert Greenwald. 2005. DVD. Web.Lessing, Doris. “No witchcraft for sale.” Prentice Hall Literature. Timeless voices, timeless themes: the British tradition. 12th grade. Ed. Kinsella, Kate. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 2002. 1116 -1122. Print.Polk, Sam "For the Love of Money." The New York Times January 18. 2014