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The lottery win is not a blessing but a curse, proving that in a Naturalist universe, blind luck often dictates a person’s ruin.

The novel concludes with a harrowing sequence in Death Valley. McTeague, having murdered Trina for her gold, is hunted down by Marcus. In their final struggle, McTeague kills Marcus, only to realize his victim has handcuffed them together. The book ends with McTeague stranded in the salt flats—rich with gold, but doomed to die of thirst next to a corpse. Key Themes McTeague

descends into pathological greed, hoarding her gold coins while her husband starves. The lottery win is not a blessing but