Wednesday, July 1, 2009

IT lesson 4:Gambling

2. Ah Boh was addicted to gambling and her addiction and obsession led her to believe in many suspicions. Due to her hope of 'striking it big', she doesn't even give money to her own mother. She also believed in suspicions like babies will bring her good luck and copied car plate numbers of cars involved in collisions to buy the lottery with. All these unconventional suspicions lead her to believe that she had a chance of gaining overnight wealth. She was not even remorseful when her mother died in a car accident and only thought of earning money through lottery to pay for her funeral. Her addiction will be the death of her sooner or later.
3. Paul's death was indirectly caused by his parents. He had never dreamed of using the money he earned for his selfish desires and only gave it to his parents. He had been haunted by the everlasting whispers of money. These whispers were actually a sign of their parent's greed. They lead a good life but there wanted money to earn a higher social status. To be respected, leverage is required and to them, money is leverage. Thus, Paul's parents desire to earn money resulted in his urge to earn money, causing him to become delirous and  ultimately resulted in his death.

1 comment:

  1. Did the uncle have to assume any responsiblity in his nephew's death? What about the gardener? These are adults, besides his mother who was always complaining about a lack of money, who could have intervened. I wonder who was worse when it came to supersititons: Ah Boh or Paul?

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