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Gandhi once said “There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed.” Gandhi is saying that there is more than enough things for humans to survive but a person's greed can never be fulfilled. This is proven true in the novel “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie and the movie “Devil”. Humans are greedy and their greed can never be fulfilled.
Similarities in different works of literature can make a point about human nature. In the movie “Devil” and the novel “And Then There Were None” they share many similarities. One of the similarities is that all the characters in both stories have done vile things to benefit themselves. In the story “Devil” there was a man named Ben who killed a wife and child in a hit and

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