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His selfishness makes him treat his workers terribly on a regular basis, take advantage of them, and make them work under ridiculous conditions. There is one episode where Mr. Krabs decides that he is paying his workers too much and that they need to pay him back for messing around on the job. He charges SpongeBob for wasting time tying his shoes and also makes Squidward, another Krusty Krab employee, pay him for breathing on the job, making the statement “Breathe on your own time Mr. Squidward, I’m not paying you to breathe.” Mr. Krabs does not care for the wellbeing of his workers and sees them completely as a way of making money. Though it is playfully joked about, it is clear that Mr. Krabs mistreats his workers for his own benefit. In one episode SpongeBob states that when he first began working at the Krusty Krab, instead of Mr. Krabs paying him, he paid Mr. Krabs $100 per hour to work there. This is completely ridiculous and Mr. Krabs is easily manipulating SpongeBob for his own benefit who is either too naïve or generous to realize it. Mr. Krabs’ callous behavior portrays him as a monster through his heartless actions and attitude toward his employee which has no place in modern America’s social system. In a similar episode, SpongeBob remarks that he makes less than 10 cents year. While obviously a joke, even the writers of the show were trying to express the cheap and uncaring crustacean that Mr. Krabs is by jabbing at his business practices towards his employees.

Characters : Mr. Krabs, Squidward, Spongebob

Purpose of the Paragraph: To depict the selfishness of Mr. Krabs by showing how vicious and cruel his employment practices are towards' his workers. It is trying to show how Mr. Krabs is a monster, so it is trying to simply explain him, though it does so through his relationships with the other characters, his employees. This mostly uses chained topic strings.

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His selfishness makes him treat his workers terribly on a regular basis, take advantage of them, and make them work under ridiculous conditions. In one episode, Mr. Krabs decides that he is paying his workers too much and that they need to pay him back for messing around on the job. He charges SpongeBob for wasting time tying his shoes and also makes Squidward, another Krusty Krab employee, pay him for breathing on the job, making the statement “Breathe on your own time Mr. Squidward, I’m not paying you to breathe.” Mr. Krabs does not care for the wellbeing of his workers and sees them completely as a way of making money. Mr. Krabs' treatment of his workers, though it is playfully joked about, is clearly only in his own benefit. In one episode SpongeBob states that when he first began working at the Krusty Krab, instead of Mr. Krabs paying him, he paid Mr. Krabs $100 per hour to work there. This is completely ridiculous and Mr. Krabs is easily manipulating SpongeBob for his own benefit who is either too naïve or generous to realize it. Mr. Krabs’ callous behavior portrays him as a monster through his heartless actions and attitude toward his employee which has no place in modern America’s social system. In a similar episode, SpongeBob remarks that he makes less than 10 cents year. While obviously a joke, even the writers of the show were trying to express the cheap and uncaring crustacean that Mr. Krabs is by jabbing at his business practices towards his employees.
Topic                                                                                     Stress
[Mr. Krabs'] Selfishness                                                      makes him treat his workers badly
Mr. Krabs                                                              decides he is paying his workers too much
He                                                                                Charges spongebob and Squidward
Mr. Krabs                                                                        does not care for his workers
Mr. Krabs treatment of his workers                                       is for only his own benefit
Spongebob states                                                                     he paid Mr. Krabs to work there
This                                                                                        is ridiculous
Mr. Krabs                                                                               is clearly manipulating Spongebob
Mr Krabs' Callous behavior                            portrays him as a monster toward his employee
Spongebob remarks                                           that he makes less than 10 cents a year
A joke                                                                 writers trying to express Mr. Krabs cheapness