The Power Of Money In Michael Crichton's The Great Train

Widely-held is the belief that with great money comes great power. To seek out money is to seek out power, which will ultimately lead to a better lifestyle. Michael Crichton’s The Great Train Robbery paints Edward Pierce, a fictional character who carried out the robbery of £12,000 in gold bullion, with a slight twist on this point of view. Pierce’s act of seeking out this money through stealing rather than earning the money gives him a different type of power, the power of feeling as though he is in a higher up position than others and has a control over others. Pierce’s motive for committing this crime was his hunger for power and control in his own
life.