life did not love her for her, which she found out sooner or later, but later much more often than sooner.Doris is portrayed as a lonely loving woman, who would do almost anything for anyone if she offered before she was asked. One of the main reasons that Doris kept a wall between her and the outside world is because of a day not too long after her father died. One morning Doris saw bags and bags of mail being brought in, amounts that came every day, mail that her father had forbid her to see. After Buck’s death, Doris’ mother, Nanaline let her see the mail. All of the letters contained threats to young Doris’ life if she did not send money or perform sexual acts. This caused Doris to become a lifelong prisoner of her own isolation. “Doris understood that she was always in danger. From that day until the end of her life, she had a mania for privacy and security”(66).Doris was lonely because no one loved her for her; almost all wanted her money. They wanted her money not only in her life, but also in her death. “People who never gave Doris Duke any attention during her life are fighting over the vast treasure she left. Other people who tried to scam Doris in life are now scamming her in death”(261). The moral of the story is money cannot buy happiness. If this is not convincing enough read Too Rich, and that should be. ...
