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Throughout history humans have become very selfish criticising others behind their backs thinking of themselves before others and even hoping others fail so that they may achieve People have begun to believe that they deserve everything they desire Although these things may not seem detrimental they can actually lead to something extremely vile Because of the selfish people in the world the nature of mankind will lead to its own extinction First of all stealing is an act of selfishness that could lead to extinction While stealing isn t entirely the act of killing stealing can lead to it In the novel when the child and his father caught up to the thief the father claimed i ll kill you where you stand McCarthy 256 With this threat the man leads to human extinction by threatening to kill the thief Later the self centered man pronounced i m going to leave you the way you left us McCarthy 257 This narrow minded remark is another example of the fathers selfishness After all the thief is caught in a situation where he is going to die if he doesn t steal from others McCarthy 259 Ultimately the selfish acts of both the thief and the father led to someone dying meaning that the act of stealing can and will slowly lead to human extinction
