How Does Personal Greed Lead To Haber Insanity?

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According to (Shmoop2008), George is naïve. He is not aware of how useful he can be to the society. He is the central character, and every action that he takes the paper must view whether he used the right channels or not. He is an idealized and at the same time exaggerated character. He has no ill intentions to the society that is why he seeks help from the doctor and the lawyer. In return, the doctor turns out to be selfish since he wants to control George for his reasons. Haber states that the purpose of man is to change things. It is an indication that Haber is ready to do anything to change either the society or him. Personal greed leads to Haber insanity.
Haber uses the knowledge that he has to control his brain through tapping

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