The Bet

"The Bet" is about a young lawyer and a banker.  One night at a party the guests were talking about the death penalty.  The banker and lawyer got in an argument, and made a bet.  The proposal was that if the lawyer could stay in confinement, with no social interactions, the banker would proceed to give the lawyer two million dollars.  The theme of this story was to know your values.  The lawyer went from wanting to be rich, because he thought that would make him happy, to not wanting the money.  The lawyer learned that education was much more valuable than the money he could receive.