The characters in DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover struggle to escape the inescapable confines of money, class, and power. There was once a time when nature, and not industry, was the driving force of human life. Those days are now long gone and irretrievable, and as such, Lawrence's attempt to return people to a world governed by body and forest rather than mind and machine ultimately proves futile. While reading Lady Chatterley's Lover, I found myself thinking about my life and how the world I live in is controlled by money. Although my world is very different from Lawrence's, both worlds are filled with people who find themselves limited by the harsh realities of capitalism. As I reflected on the novel and society itself, I wondered whether the problems plaguing society were solvable, and I ultimately came to the conclusion that we have planted our feet so firmly in the capitalist system that our only choice is to plod on. as individuals. Money, class, power, and other such evils fuel the “machine” that DH Lawrence holds responsible for the repressive nature of society. Even Connie, who resides at the top of society, feels limited due to her “forbidden” love for a lower-class man; the money holds her back, even if, or rather, because she has it. One thing that struck me while reading the novel was the way Connie tries to free herself from the clutches of her squalid life. Connie's life in Wragby is devoid of meaning and physical contact, consisting only of empty conversations with her helpless husband. At the beginning of the novel he lives only mental life. Later, Connie begins to use sex as a way to free herself from mental life and embrace “t… middle of the paper… when it comes to industry and capitalism. The “machine” that Lawrence talks about in Lady Chatterley's Lover has won the battle with nature and we now live in a world driven by money, industry and greed. So what can we do? I have come to the conclusion that the only logical course of action is to embrace the machine. If there will always be people who need things they don't have and people who have things they don't need, the only thing an individual can do is work as hard as possible to ensure that they belong to the first group. As Lawrence says, “Ours is an essentially tragic age, so we refuse to embrace tragedy” (1). If an individual can put an end to this “rejection” and accept the reality of the world they live in, they can put themselves in a position to succeed and ensure that they are not among the vulnerable when the Iron Curtain collapses. below.