The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: B. Traven
- First Published: 1927
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: The 1920’s
- Setting: Mexico
- Principal Characters: Dobbs, Curtin, Howard, Lacaud
- Genres: Long fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Psychology or psychologists, Self, Greed, Mines, miners, or mining, Money, Identity, Gold mines or mining, Gold, Precious metals or stones, Prospecting or prospectors, Treasure
- Locales: Mexico
The Novel
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre describes three down-on-their-luck adventurers as they seek their fortunes mining for gold in the mountains of Mexico. It not only details the physical hardships the men face but also vividly portrays their mental deterioration as the lust for gold overwhelms them.
The opening of the novel focuses on Dobbs, penniless and out of work, speculating about various methods to get some money. After successfully begging for a peso, he rents a cot at a slum hotel, indulges in a meal, succumbs to a beggar child who sells him a...
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