The story "The Root of All Evil" by Graham Greene is an excellent moral story about the sins that can arise when people try too hard to keep secrets. Lies, scandals, and murders are all created by secretive behavior, leading one to believe that secrets are the root of all evil. The trouble in this story begins when a few men in the town began meeting for nightly talks, and the consumption of alcohol. There …showed first 75 words of 547 total…

…showed last 75 words of 547 total…want to involve a slightly annoying man. Herr Puckler, because he was excluded, ended up creating a gigantic mess of his life. Herr Puckler ended up losing his wife (to the police superintendant who he was insistant upon seeing about the conversation he overheard), his reputation, as well as his vitality. Although the men were only trying to have a secret meeting among friends, they created chaos among a small town, all beginning with secrets.