Life is not money. Life is cooperation among society.

Everybody wants to win the lottery for money. Is money everything of your life? "LOTTERY WINNER" by Rosemary Border suggests this question. Jason Williams was not so nice. He snatched old ladies' bag and, on that day, he snatched Emma Carter's bag. In her bag was lottery tickets and, on the day of draw, he became the lottery winner. He had never felt so excited as he had ever before. He even appeared on TV news shows and was known nationwide. Because of this, many problems of his arose and he was forced to pay a lot from the winning prize. For example, his grass wife claimed the right to his half the winning prize. His attorney said, she was also going to demand him a lot. Much of the winning prize was going to other people.
After reading this story, I began to think the important thing for life is not money. It is the co-operation among society. The contrast between the ways the two were treated clearly shows society treats well a very ordinary old lady like Emma Carter but, on the other hand, society treats such a lazy and bad young guy like Jason Williams very strictly.
Many people helped Emma. When she fell down on the streets, the people who lived in the nearest house called an ambulance, the members of ambulance took her to a hospital and doctors and nurses at the hospital also took care of her.
On the other hand, no one was willing to support Jason Williams. He asked his mother to make a false testimony at the court but she refused. Her wife came to take half the winning prize by claiming her right as his wife to it. His attorney, Sally Cash, was looking down on him and told him that no one in the court would like him. She did not want to defend him at all. One day, she said to her husband that half the winning prize was going to his wife, some to benevolent institution and his parents, and a lot to his attorney. It was highly likely that only very little money was going to remain with Jason. They were thinking of what they would do after the trial.
What is the difference between Jason Williams and Emma Carter? The biggest difference I found is whether he or she violated the social rule or not. If you learn Jason infringed the law by snatching and he offended against morality by violating on his wife and children, you would found him so ugly and look down on him. His trouble was caused by his trespassing rules. Emma Carter did not work but she did not offend the law or do against morality. She just lived on her little money. She never did anything wrong. Therefore, she is treated well.
Then, have you ever thought why we need money to make money? I have never seriously thought about this before but, after reading this book, this question popped up to me. Off course, I guess, you have more than one answers of your own to these questions. However, there is one thing I can say for sure. The value of money for people lies in the power to connect people and have them work for each other within society. In this context, which do you think is happier, Jason or Emma?
Life is not money. Life is cooperation among society. Therefore, you should think of cooperating with society and shouldn’t think of making a lot of money. This is the impression I got from this book.