This is an interesting question. Paul dies to win 80,000 pounds in the derby for his "heart-frozen mother," an amount of money which would on the surface appear to solve her financial problems. However, we know from earlier experience, when Paul, with the help of his uncle and the gardener, wins 5,000 pounds for his mother, that the 5,000 pounds is not enough to suit her. From this, we can gather that no amount of money will ever satisfy her insatiable desire for more and more. In fact, after getting and spending the 5,000, the "house" (which represents the mother) is even less satisfied, whispering more and more urgently: "We must have more money-more than ever!"
This story is a morality tale, teaching that the absence of a capacity to love --and we know from the start that the mother lacks the capacity even to love her own children--leaves a hole in people so deep that no amount of money or sacrifice on the part of others can ever fill it. Likewise, money simply becomes an addiction, feeding a destructive appetite for more.
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