This paper explains that the story reveals how people can often become misguided by the lure of money and the false premise
that it brings
happiness. The author points out that the characters Joe and Missie May mistakenly believe that their paradise lies in the amount of money they can accumulate. The paper relates how many individual characters, in falling victim to such misleading
impressions, learn that happiness and paradise have a price, which is not always easily figured in the measure of dollars and cents.