Money today seems to be the most important thing in people's lives, examples of this are shown in "Paper" by Catherine Lim; which tells the story of Tay Soon and his wife, and their general obsession with owning their own dream house. Another story that helps to prove this point is "The Winner" by Barbara Kimenye which center's itself around an elderly gentleman named Pius who is forced to deal with the acquisition of a …showed first 75 words of 617 total…

…showed last 75 words of 617 total…by him when everyone found out there was no money then originally thought and Pius and Cousin Sarah end up getting married. So as you can see money does seem to be the only thing on peoples' minds these days. For example look at the growing number of lawsuits and "reality" based game shows. They just show that people will do anything for a quick buck these days, further proving that money changes peoples' lives.