According to the ancient Greek tale the world is maintained on the back of three elephants. Each elephant is necessary to the stability of the world. Likewise each family is based on three factors: love, respect, and understanding. When one elephant is taken away the families relationship is shaken but not ruined. But when all the elephants are taken away and the family is based on a bag of money, the love, respect, and understanding …showed first 75 words of 980 total…

…showed last 75 words of 980 total…It exemplifies the tragic consequences of marrying purely for wealth and sex. The relationships in the book were basically business arrangements. The book teaches the importance of love, respect, and understanding when entering a marriage. The book is very tragic because none of the characters were ever happy in their lives. When people learn to stop paying attention to superficial materialistic crap maybe they’ll open their eyes and see the real importance of life.