One piece of information that you can gather that shows the man in yellow suit is greedy is when he knew where the girl was and would not tell the family unless they gave him half their land.

Winnie was confined to the house because there was not much to do in Treegap, and her parents did not want her to get into any trouble. In this text it states, “Winnifred. An anxious voice called from the cottage. Who are you talking to? “ It's just a boy Grandma.” this quote shows that her grandma was anxious and nervous that she was talking to someone and getting herself in trouble. This played a very big role in her Rebellion because she felt trapped like there was someone watching over her the whole entire time. Also she felt like she had nowhere to go and no one to talk to. In the text it states, “But she realized that sometimes during the night, she had made up her mind, she was not going to run away today.” This quote shows that she is at her boiling point and that she feels trapped. …show more content…
The Tuck's could explain what was going on and why she could not tell anybody about the spring. Also she hit the man because he was threatening to tell the whole entire town,Treegap, about their secret. This would cause the Tuck’s to have to move. The text states, “ I can find the spring and manage just as well without you but it seems the gentlemanly thing to make you an offer after all he added looking around in the cluttered room. It would mean you look forward to living like typical people again instead of pigs……. you're a Madman alumni you could let no one know about that water don't you see what would happen.” This quote shows that the man was going to tell people about the spring and cause a mass