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“Social Crawlers” Crawling is a nasty habit we are all guilty of, and what is better than to have a rich relative boost us up one more wrung of the social ladder? In Vanity Fair, by Thackeray, the narrator conveys a light, genial satire through various literary devices, which suggests that we are all guilty of greed. When the passage begins, a woman named Miss Crawley is introduced. The narrator mentions that she is greatly respected by everyone because of her immense wealth, which creates an amusing, yet critical attitude throughout this passage. This paragraph also serves as a foundation for the invention of an imaginary wealthy relative. A change in the story occurs in the second paragraph with reality transforming into virtual reality. The story is now being told through the mind of a greedy man who yearns for a wealthy aunt and invents one similar to Miss Crawley. The word “dignity” in the first sentence describes