To me, the main theme in this book is how greed can cause
hatred and intolerance.
At the start of the book, more or
less everything is okay. The people of the village are so welcoming, so into helping
the people who come to their village as refugees. But then that all changes. And it
seems to change because of the teacher and the things that are done at the Trade
Mart.
It seems to me that the Trade Mart symbolizes greed.
When the people start to want more and more (things that are really pretty pointless)
they also are willing to hate the outsiders. I think Lowry is trying to say that the
two things -- greed and hate -- are connected.
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