The characters in DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover struggle to escape the inescapable confines of money, class, and power. There was a time when nature, not industry, was the driving force of human life. Those days are long gone and irremediable, and as such Lawrence's attempt to return people to a world ruled by body and forest rather than mind and machine ultimately proves futile. While reading Lover by Lady Chatterley, I found myself thinking about my own 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 constrained by the harsh realities of capitalism. Reflecting on the novel and society itself, I wondered if the problems plaguing society could be solved, and ultimately came to the conclusion that we have planted our feet so firmly in the capitalist system that our only choice is to plod forward as individuals. Money, class, power, and other similar evils fuel the "machine" that DH Lawrence holds responsible for the repressive nature of society. Even Connie, who resides in the upper echelons of society, feels constrained due to her "forbidden" love for a lower-class man; money holds her back, even if – or rather because – she has it. One thing that stood out to me while reading the novel was the way Connie tries to free herself from the clutches of her dull life. Connie's life in Wragby is devoid of meaning and physical contact, consisting only of meaningless conversations with her helpless husband. At the beginning of the novel, she only experiences mental life. Later, Connie begins to use sex as a way to free herself from mental life and embrace "the middle of paper... as it relates to industry and capitalism." The “machine” that Lawrence spoke of in Lady Chatterley's Lover has won the battle against nature, and we now live in a world ruled 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 adopt the machine. If there are always people who need things they don't have and others who have things they don't need, the only thing an individual can do is work as hard as possible to ensure that it belongs to the first group. As Lawrence says: “Our times are essentially tragic, so we refuse to accept the tragic” (1). If an individual can put an end to this "denial" and accept the reality of the world they live in, they can put themselves in a position to succeed and ensure that they will not be among the vulnerable when the Iron Curtain will collapse. down.