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William Makepeace Thackeray's is one of the well-known novelists of English literature wherein the reader can sense the novelist likes and preference towards the rogue elements in society. Besides criticizing the corrupt social systems he also takes arms against the wide spread snobbishness that is pervaded more or less in every society. He also despises of the violence that is caused by the armed conquests and territorial trespassing. William Makepeace Thackeray while presenting his disgust against the moral corruption of his times also follows the Victorian ideals regarding womanhood. He is a vocal critic of the opportunistic world which gives more weightage to materialism and affluence. He believes that over and extreme greed for monetary and pecuniary objects degenerate the human race. The wealth and materialistic culture are the progeny of human misbehavior. The negative traits like pride, arrogance and disrespect creep when the human being has innumerable financial resources. The limitless wealth blinds human being and he starts to behave like Almighty. Wealth creates mentality that underestimates those who are poor and fragile. The feelings like arrogance and pride are the direct result of the limitless hoarding of money. When a person is blinded by the innumerable wealth, he or she never bothers about others and misbehaves and maltreat those who are poor and needy. Besides sternly criticizing the ill effects of materialism the novelist does not spare the women of his times.