Reflections on O Henry's The God of Wealth and the Love of God

The Power of Money and Love ―― Reading The God of Wealth and the Love of God

If money makes the mare go, I can also say love.

Some people are completely lost in money, while others are completely lost in love.

In the past and now, many people are looking for love and money.

Money and love are very similar, that is, when you have a lot of money, or when you lose all love, you will get the same loneliness.

I used to like to pursue Taoist artistic conception with a indifferent attitude. Every time I have this plan, I will spit out the one called "money" hundreds of times, and then bury the other one called "love" deeply for several years.

But I found an unchangeable and well-known truth: I can't live without money and love. Both are indispensable. So, I worked hard to make money and looked for true love calmly and naively.

I said to Qian: Don't be too exposed. Do you like it? You always appear in front of her.

I said to "love": Don't be naive, money always appears at the right time.

Love does not believe in the ability of money, and thinks that love still exists without money. But money doesn't think so, because with money, love will be nourished. Money can achieve many things, many things that are not accepted and recognized by love, but love that is considered great and selfless can sometimes not be expressed. It's not that you lack a sincere heart, but that you have no time and opportunity at all. And money can create such time and opportunity, so that you can unconsciously interpret the true meaning of love.

O 'Henry's short story "Love between the God of Wealth and God" tells such a simple and practical truth.

The story is probably: a rich and respectable young man in the upper class fell in love with a girl. This girl is a celebrity in society and has a full schedule every day. The next day, the girl will go abroad for two years. The young man had no chance to express his love to her. When he was sad, his father Rockwall (a soap manufacturer and patentee with a lot of money) knew that his son would pick up the girl tomorrow, which was only six minutes away. But the son thinks it is impossible to confess to the girl in such a short time, and it is useless for his father to have more money. The son's aunt also thinks that as long as the child's love is sincere, she can win the girl's heart, so she gave him the ring left by her mother.

The young man received the girl with his aunt's blessing, but he never had a chance to speak on the way. Suddenly, he found that the ring had dropped and asked to wait a minute to pick it up. So, in this minute, everything changed, because there was an unprecedented traffic jam on that street, and time stopped at this moment. The young man seized the opportunity to express his confession and finally touched the girl.

It's perfect to say it's over. But the last paragraph is the most wonderful, because I read the introduction of O Henry's works earlier and guessed that the ending must be unexpected. Sure enough, my dad bought the traffic jam. Regardless of the carriage, van and police, everyone built a scene for that love and completed an impeccable performance. But one thing should be noted: among them, love is sincere. Love doesn't know that money appears at the right time, but money buys a precious time for love.

This is a perfect cooperation. Money is useful. If you use it beautifully, it won't be disgusting. Love is sacred, but it takes time to irrigate. People who walk in love always feel that time passes quickly and can't stop for half a second. Money can't buy eternity, but it can buy the eternity of love in a relative period of time.

Treat money with a dull attitude and love with sincere feelings. Money should be spent on the cutting edge. For love, proper use of money will make love blossom and bear fruit. This article shows that the power of money and love is equally important, not to mention the strong alliance between God of Wealth and God of Love.