Money Money Money

     Money is a huge symbol of nobility status. While reading The House of Mirth I realize how a person's status means the most to them.  Edith Wharton does a great job in revealing what people think of their status.  Lily continues to realize that people are watching her continuously.  When she is with Mr. Rosedale she became "aware of being followed by looks of amusement and interrogation" (Wharton, 79).  I believe that the importance of wealth causes people to become more interested in what people think of them.  Money is mentioned almost always as I continue reading this novel.  Lily is now being loaned money from Gus Trenor, and I feel that that cannot end on a good note.  I think that she is going to have trouble paying him back.  Everything that I have read so far tells me that wealth and status will continue to play a huge role in the novel.  I am very interested to see what comes of Lily's relationship with Trenor because of what he is doing for her, and I am curious to find out how Lily's story ends.  I wonder if her desperate need for money will hurt herself in the future.