In ‘Money Madness’, D.H. Lawrence succinctly puts forth the allpowerful nature of money. ! He shows how, in the modern world, man’* only worth seems to spring from the wealth he possesses.
He also condemns man’ insanity that makes him another for money. By terming money-minded ness collective madness, Lawrence shows how even the ones who are basically not greedy for money, get affected by the all-pervasive craze for money. When money is so important, the idea of parting with it naturally upsets man. The larger the sum, the greater is the anxiety. Thus, money turns out to be a cruel power instilling in man a strange ***.
Human beings, who give too much importance to money and treat those without money as dirt, are the terrifying force. Man’ disgraceful existence is brought to light by the poet who says that a poor man is given just enough bread to be alive but is made to eat dirt along with it so that he is humiliated. This makes the poor man hanker after money so that he escapes the disgrace of having to eat dirt. In such a situation everyone will be caught in this race for money. The man should be I content and not be a victim of greed for accumulation. If we can regain our sanity and view money as a necessity and not luxury, there is hope for the future. Otherwise, we will ** one another in the name of money and man’* collective madness will lead him to collective selfdestruction.
