Thesis: Money in men in the sun represents something of utmost importance over morals, people, general feelings, and even religion due to the fact that it is the only thing that ensures their survival because nothing else is left that can do the same.
"But a thought occurred to him and he covered some distance, and he switched off the engine again, and He walked back to where he left the bodies, and took the money from their pockets." (pg. 74)
"Just imagine! In my own mind, I compare these hundred and fifty kilometers to the path that god in the Quran promised his creatures they must cross before being directed either to paradise or to hell." (52)