Money In Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged

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The overall message of Francisco’s speech from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is that money is not the root of all evil, but the root of all good. To begin with, money represents a symbol of hard work, effort, and labor. “To love money is to know and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and your passkey to trade your effort for the effort of the best among men.”(Rand 5) Rand utilizes a simile to convey that effort represents money because money represents a value of your hardwork and effort. Money is the root of all good because you trade your effort for the equivalent amount of effort. Next, men are not able to trade their value for a higher value.. “An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than

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