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Friday, February 5, 2010

Money, the solution to everything, or is it?

In El Legajo I thought it was interesting how Lucio decided to act in the end. Since his family had a lot of money they kept their family archive. Back before internet and computers, that was the only way to really tell a family history besides legends and stories passed from generation to generation. At first he really wanted to find out why those bones were there, he dug through all of the files to try and trace the history and find out whose they could possibly be. Once he found out the real story, he decided not to inform anyone of what truly happened because he found out it was one of his ancestors who killed her husband. He did a lot of work to uncover the mystery, but if the truth would get out, he might not be looked as highly upon. Also if it wouldn't have happened in the first place, he would not have the money he has now; he would be poor, so in a way he's happy that it happened.
I think it's interesting what people will do for money. His ancestor killed her husband, who she supposedly loved (I guess you can't assume she loved him), but if you make the commitment to be married, you would most likely have some feelings towards them. She killed him because of money. Lucio decided to not inform anyone of his findings, of the real story, because of money. People will do a lot for money and for their reputation.
Not everyone will kill for money, but some people will do some pretty stupid stuff. A lot of times, people will say I wouldn't do that even for a million dollars (such as jump off a bridge). But if it really came down to it, if the situation was in front of them, most people would jump off (if they weren't going to die and it was "safe") for the million dollars. And by no means am I implying anyone would kill for money. I'm just saying some people believe money solves a lot of problems.

1 comment:

ErinneK said...

Gail, Great post! But I also think that it wasn't just the money but the image the money brought to the family. It is like they had an image to keep up, and they would as ruthless as necessary to maintain it :)