A Financial Connection

"All her life Lily had seen money go out as quickly as it came in" (116).

Lily isn't very good at handling money as we have seen, she gains it gambling, then spends it on luxury clothes and jewelry, but it's nothing really practical. This quote kind of sums up Lily's financial situation. When I read it, it reminded me of Marx and how he argues that people are too reliant on money. They get caught up in it and forget about other things. Then there's the gap between the rich and the poor. That is why he advocated communism, because it decreased the physiological value of money and put everyone on an equal level. Lily is always trying to prove that she is in the top tier of society, she is always trying to appear like she has more money than she does. I think Marx would disapprove of her thinking and her obsession with money