How does money change relationships between people, as seen in the experiences of the characters of The High Old Man, Madame de Baussaillon and La Staigne in the book The High Old Man?

"The Elderly Man" is an excellent work published by Balzac in 1834. The novel is set in the end of 1819 and the beginning of 1820, with the apartment of Vogel and the salon of Madame de Beaucheon as the stage, and the parallel and intersecting stories of the Elderly Man and Rastigne as the main plot. Balzac, with his own life experience, portrayed the naked money relationship between people in the capitalist society through detailed descriptions, and used a sharp pen to portray the many hidden stories behind the flourishing society of Paris, which is the epitome of the Bourbon dynasty and a true reflection of the capitalist class. It is the epitome of the Bourbon dynasty and the true portrayal of the capitalist class. After reading it, I can't help but sigh from the bottom of my heart at the tragedy of the old man, and I can't help but cover up the volume for contemplation. This novel is the ugly picture of capitalist money. The high society at that time was full of hypocrisy and ugliness. The rich and powerful seemed to have nothing to do if they didn't participate in the party of the aristocrats, and the vanity, flirting and showing off in the party were their survival value. In such an arena, everyone competes in false elegance and real extravagance, people compare with each other and fight with each other, and everyone is horribly selfish and vain. Moreover, those who are active in the upper class are not in a secure position, and underneath the apparent nobility and affluence, there may be heavy crises, and every family is in danger of bankruptcy and destitution at any time. In short, in my opinion, their lives are not happy, they live in a kind of soap bubble. Money and love are the "arias" in Balzac's works, and women are the focus of the writer's attention. There are various types of female characters in his works, their personalities are very different, and their attitudes towards love are also very different, however, the love stories of these different types of women are all related to money to a greater or lesser extent. In "The Elderly", Mrs. Bao Sai'an actually exchanges money for love, but because of the wealth in her hands can't compete with the emerging assets, and finally her love that pours all her hopes was bought by a higher bidder, which can't but be said to be the sadness of love under the corrosive influence of money in the capitalist society. In the capitalist society, money cuts the bond between people, and the family becomes a stage for people to fight cruel wars. The love of husband and wife, the love of parents and children, and the friendship of brothers, which have existed since ancient times, have all been washed away by the bloody sewage of money. Nine out of ten women love vanity, they melt the pure love in the dirty money and status, love and marriage and money tightly tied together. It can be said that in the society of commodity economy, women are actually unconsciously selling their love and marriage as a commodity, and the pursuit of love is often combined with the pursuit of money. Gao Lao is a bourgeois tycoon who loves his daughters and spends all his family's money for them, while he himself is frugal and becomes a miser, and is eventually abandoned by his daughters because of his poverty, and dies a miserable death as a victim of the money relationship. Gao's fatherly love allows his two daughters to step into high society, but it is also because of his indulgence that his two daughters abandon him. "At six o'clock, the remains of Gauleiter descended into the grave, and around them stood the stewards of his daughters' household. No sooner had the short prayer that Rastigne had paid for been recited than the shut-ins disappeared with the priest without a trace." Even at the old man's funeral, his daughter never came to see him. Poor old man Gao! And his poor father's love, in front of the brilliant and glittering money, is too insignificant, and ultimately can only be bowed at the feet of money. Gao Lao's love for his daughters is sick, and the lives of his two daughters are themselves sick. Gao Lao is not a good man, and certainly not a bad man; his love for his daughters is sometimes touching, sometimes breathtaking. His two daughters, the price of squeezing into the upper class, learn to be vain, selfish, cold-blooded, to use and be used, and to be bold at all times. I was particularly struck by a line that Gao Lao said to Rastigne before he died: "Money can buy everything, even daughters." Reading this, I can't help but be saddened by the fact that Parisian high society is centered only on money and the indifference between human beings. In the Parisian high society, there is no such thing as affection and love, but only the relationship of money between people. Marx once said, "The bourgeoisie has torn off the veil of warmth and affection that covered family relations and turned them into pure and naked money relations." Gao Lao, a flour merchant who made a great deal of money selling flour during the revolution, loved and adored his two daughters to the point of spoiling them, and it was in this way that the family tragedy unfolded. He only wanted his daughters to live comfortably, and even pay his own everything does not care, he hoped that his daughters married into a famous family, so that the two daughters of the heart will not suffer, live a happy ...... But the two daughters only recognize the money does not recognize the father, in the charming appearance hides an ugly heart. Balzac the two daughters of the sinister, hypocritical and old man's goodness, simplicity, depicted to the fullest, a number of personalized characters, one by one in front of people. As for the other main character of the article, Gao Lao's only friend, the original integrity and kindness of Rastigne, and later could not resist the temptation of high society and money, metamorphosed into an ambitious man who went out of his way to get money. "He looked at the grave and spilled the last tear of the young man. It was a tear forced by sacred feelings in a pure heart, a tear that just hit the ground and immediately flew to heaven." How rare this tear was in that moneyed society. But after this sincere tear, "his greedy eyes rested between the columns of the Place Vend?me and the dome of the Palais d'Anvarit, which was the area of high society. Confronted with this hive of clamor, his eyes gleamed as if he wanted to suck the nectar there in one gulp." What is about to unfold is yet another tragedy of the dealings between money and all the tragedies of selling oneself out for money at all costs. The book "The Elderly Man" is a critical realism novel of the times, which condenses the colors of the times and shows the hypocrisy, cunningness and cruelty between people in the society at that time. ...... In a word, after reading this novel, I y feel that everyone is like a puppet in those times, and it is difficult to change the destination of one's own destiny. The society was like a dye bowl, so if you wanted to live, you had to be the same color as the public. Whether it is the upper class or the lower class, the world is full of selfishness and hypocrisy, and there is no clean land or hope. This is what Lu Xun called "The Black House". "The true love of the world, the beautiful love, the parental affection ...... all of this in front of the naked money seems to be so pale and powerless." I was impressed by these lines in the back of the book. Yes, in Parisian society in the first half of the 19th century, that kind of money relationship between people was all too common. Exposing the evils of money and the money relations between people in a capitalist society. It was the most extensive and successful theme that Balzac wrote about, and the French literary critic Tainer said, "The problem of money was his most gratifying subject." In the bourgeoisie, almost every marriage is a transaction, every affair is a sale. There are only marriages without love, and it's hard to find a relationship without money. Whether it is Emilie, or Mrs. Bossaion, or the two daughters of Mr. Gao, these women living in the capitalist society, they have been swallowed up by the whole social trend. Their tragedy is a graphic illustration of the fact that nobility is no match for money, and love is no match for money. For now, the Parisian society of the past no longer exists. But in fact, all the things that it was then are still lurking in the present society. Or: any era is the worst era, any era is also the best era. I live, I have to do my best to be my own master. More and more people today want to get more money. They think that money is everything. They say, "Money makes the world go round." If those people had a lot of money, they would dream of a happy life. They would have a nice house to live in, a brand-name automobile, and so on. In short, they can do everything they like with money, they can get everything they want. Of course, money is important to all of us in one way or another. Without money, we can't do anything, we can't even live. But we should also realize that money can't bring everything. Money can buy many things, but it cannot buy knowledge, precious time, true love, etc. These are the most valuable things in the world. These are the most valuable things in the world. If a person has no knowledge, no time, no love, even if he is rich, he is still poor. Not all people can become rich. In order to get more money, some people even break the law by stealing, robbing, cheating or doing other bad things. In the end, they are punished and even sent to prison. Money can not only bring us happiness, but also bring us misfortune. If money does not bring people true happiness, it loses its value. We must clearly realize that money does not mean everything.