Greed can sometimes cause hurt to those around us and ourselves. Base this statement on Henry Ole Kulet's, Blossoms of the Savannah.

Oloisudori gives out lucrative government contracts and then uses them as leverage against his business partners. Oloisudori's activities are widely known, yet nothing is done to stop him because this level of corruption is normalized. The people of Nasila come to expect his corruption as if it were a tax on goods and services. The reader also sees this when Ole Kaelo rationalizes his partnership with Oloisudori and decides that it is the only way for him to get ahead in the world.