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Death And The Miser Theme
The theme I chose for Death and the Miser is “Your choices will decide your fate.” This theme applies to the story because the Miser was a nice young man until he decided to join the crusade, where he chose to kill civilians, loot their towns and burn their houses. He later would carry out this behavior when he bought indulgences for what he had done, and another for what he will do. Through his final choice of taking the money from the demon, the miser seals his fate. I chose a video game and a book because I feel that demonstrate the importance of choices and how they affect your fate.

My first genre that I chose was a video game, The Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask. In the game there are two characters that I feel represent the miser,

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