Money Always Talks

1. Occassion

1.1. Answer

1.1.1. New York, summer, beach

1.2. Quote(s) from the article that supports your claim

1.2.1. After passing through an upscale area of homes that stood discretely apart, we came to the mythic Gin Lane.

1.2.2. At the tail end of the summer, I happened to stay with my teenage daughter at the rented house of friends in Southampton.

1.2.3. After passing through an upscale area of homes that stood discretely apart, we came to the mythic Gin Lane.

1.3. Explanation

1.3.1. It's describing where the main characters are at and or going.

2. Action

2.1. Answer

2.1.1. Spends a huge amount of money

2.2. Quote(s) from the article that supports your claim

2.2.1. Much to my daughter’s annoyance, I stopped to purchase two cashmere sweaters at almost $500 a pop, which I rationalized would see me through the globally warmed winter ahead.

2.3. Explanation

2.3.1. Spends more money in front of rich people to make herself feel "better" and to look "better".

3. Points

3.1. Answer

3.1.1. That rich people are better then normal and or poor people

3.2. Quote(s) from the article that support your claim

3.2.1. The rich are different, not only because they have more money but also because they elicit such an oxymoronic barrage of responses.

3.3. Explanation

3.3.1. The rich are different because, they have money to spend on expensive things they really dont need and dont have a worry in the world.

4. Speaker

4.1. Daphne Merkin is the narrator of this article.

4.2. Quote(s) from the article that supports your claim

4.2.1. At the tail end of the summer, I happened to stay with my teenage daughter at the rented house of friends in Southampton.

4.3. Explanation

4.3.1. The speaker uses first person pronouns, otherwise known as first person.

5. Tone

5.1. Answer

5.1.1. The tone to me is seeing that being rich isnt that important in life.

5.2. Quote(s) from the article that supports your claim

5.2.1. Or, at least, we want the option to prove our lofty conjectures. As Kingsley Amis wrote before he got lucky: “I want to prove that money isn’t everything.”

5.3. Explanation

5.3.1. I think the author wants for me think is money really everything in life. I think I can get by getting paid not a reasonable amount, if i spend my money in the right places.