An aged metaphor perhaps, but there's a reason for this title and story. Basically, it's to restore values to a somewhat "tired" economy. I'm sure we all can recall spending a modest amount of change for a candy bar or an ice cream cone and having the time of our lives with it. A cool lemonade after a hard day working in the sun is a good example of where this story is trying to go, You work hard you get an appropriate reward. Life is good. It doesn't have to be psychological conditioning or capitalistic indoctrination. It can be simply fun and proper for a given occasion or activity. It can even be a heartfelt gift for things we might otherwise take for granted. The point is, the best things in life are free, if only we could properly appreciate them. It's an old story, very very old.
Dan Haddon wanted one thing. Ever since he was a young boy he dreamed of being "filthy rich". It was a phrase he'd learned from his father. It wasn't that his father's ideas impressed him to any great degree. It was that the words struck a chord and brought to mind everything Dan considered important and out of reach, forbidden for that matter.
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