Theme 2# Greed can Cause Hatred and Intolerance

In the Messenger by Lois Lowry one of the themes is that greed can cause hatred and intolerance. This means that people are hating certain things and are not willing to listen to others. In chapter five of the Messenger it says that, "There were trades for things you didn't see. Those were the most dangerous trades." (Lowry, chap. 5). This notes that trading is an evil thing happening among the villagers. It is also changing them to be quarrelsome individuals that don't really care about other people's feelings. Then, the text says that Mentor lead a group of protesters to close the Village, "... a small group of people Matty recognized- with Mentor leading them- came forward , chanting, "Close. Close. No more. No more."..." (Lowry, chap. 6). This is an example of the way the villagers are now starting to act after getting what they wanted at the Trade Mart. It has also started to affect other villagers badly. Greed has clearly taken over them, and has changed their personalities completely.  Over all, greed can cause hatred and intolerance is a theme of the Messenger.