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Author: Jordan

Feb 26th 2011 at 5:04:21 PM

In the Russian novel ''TheLittleGoldenCalf'', a lot of the plot is driven by this idea- on one hand, the characters want to become rich, but since they live in (early) Soviet Russia, it turns out that money isn't really that useful; it's much better to have connections.  Thus, the characters' goal is ultimately to be able to flee Russia with their ill-gotten gains, which is the only way it will be useful.

In ''{{Gankutsuou}}'', the Count's fitting punishment of the greedy Danglars is to lure him into a spaceship in which everything is solid gold.  Danglars initially is ecstatic, but then he realizes he has no food or drink.  In the original novel ''TheCountOfMonteCristo'', Danglars ends up captured on an island by bandits working for the Count.  Danglars had fled with a lot of money and finds himself in a situation where his captors will gladly feed him but every meal costs an exorbitant sum.  Thus, he must give away all his money or starve and knows in the back of his mind that he will eventually starve to death.