The Green Quest
For centuries, money has had tremendous impacts on every aspect of one's daily life. The never ending quest for fiscal superiority has driven people to unprecedented highs and unexpected lows. In D.H. Lawrence's The Rocking Horse Winner, there is an imperative yearning for more money. This need for money seemed to be more important to the mother than were her own children. Both Paul's mother and Paul's father had expensive tastes, expensive styles, but lacked the finances necessary to support these characteristics. These needs for money lead to an unfavorable anxiety throughout the home which was felt by all who resided in it.
It has been said, that money is the root of all evil. It has also been said, however, that those who believe that aphorism, simply have no money. But why is money the root of evil? Perhaps it is because people are blinded by the natural emotion of greed. It is not wrong for an individual to want more of something, but when that......
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