A Wooden Horse: A Short Story

Written by D.H. Lawrence in 1920, The Rocking-Horse Winner is a short story fairy tale about a young boy who “[takes] on the impossible quest of freeing his mother from a family ‘curse’” (IV). In the story, the mother deems herself as unlucky because she is poor. Lawrence writes that she could not love her children, that her heart would go hard when they were around. Even so, others thought of her as a loving mother who adored her children. “She married for love, and the love turned to dust” (Kirszner pg. 481). The entire first paragraph of the story presents itself as very solemn and full of regret. It sets a sad, mournful tone to the beginning and makes me feel like the house is doomed.

The rocking horse is short story in which we could see how our world works, how people think and how people die, this story is about a child called Paul. However, in a certain way, this story is about us too. We all are Paul, living at his house always hearing those whispers asking for money.

My face drips with sweat while riding the chariot across the velvet-colored muddy dirt. My heart was pounding quickly and constantly, almost jumping out of my chest. With the swing of my blade, my opponent drops to his knees, eyes rolling back. One Trojan slaughtered, many more Trojans to kill. This isn’t the end; this is far from the end. It’s time I prove myself to Akhilleus, breaker of men; it’s time I show him that I am worthy of wearing his armor. The only blood to touch this armor is the blood of Trojan soldiers and the brave men that fight beside me. With the swing of my sword, I slice the throat of another tired soldier. His eyes thanked me for dismissing him from the prolonging war. Next, my blade meets Pronoos’ chest, skimming

once in ancient Greece, there was the mighty Trojans and the Greeks. the Greeks needed a way to defeat the Trojans. the Greeks came up with a devious plan. they came up to the mighty city of troy. they made a giant wooden horse as a ''present''to the troys. the troys took the horse happily. in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep the Greeks dropped out of the horse and killed the Trojans while they slept. ns. the Greeks celebrated after they defeated the Trojans. The Trojans got cocky and started to think that nobody could beat them. Then the Greeks even though they had a small army defeated them with ease and knew there limits. Soon the Greeks that defeated the Trojans would get beat by the mighty empire of

Utilizing the literary approach of formalism in D.H Lawrence’s, “The Rocking-horse Winner”, I am analyzing four elements within the story including the conflict, protagonist, antagonist and point of view. Within the story “The Rocking-horse Winner”, by D.H Lawrence, there are two major conflicts present; an external conflict involving the family’s financial instability and an internal conflict involving Paul’s desire to please his mother. The external conflict is repeatedly mentioned throughout the story as a whisper within the family home, “There must be more money”. Heard constantly by the children within the home, they become aware of their mothers need to have a lifestyle above their means. The home itself proves to be a conflict for

Historical Background- In 1260-1240 BC the Trojan War dredged on and on for the Greeks., who were trying to get inside the walls of Troy. No one had ever gotten into the gates except for people going in and out the front gate. The Front gate of Troy was the only way in and out of Troy. If you weren’t a citizen of Troy you were not getting in that city. The Greeks had finally figured out a way to breach the walls of Troy. The Greek General Odysseus’s plan was to build a huge wooden horse, and leave it outside the gates of Troy. Then the Greek army would pretend to leave, as if they had accepted defeat in a war that was more than ten years long. But the horse would be carrying 30 Greek warriors ready to open the gates of Troy.

I stood in the car park of the livery yard anxiously waiting, with a new lead rope in my hands, for him to arrive. I had checked the time on my phone about a hundred times. They were due any minute now and I could hardly contain my excitement. To waste a little time, I ran back to the stable to check it was ready for him, although of course I knew it was. The earthy smell of freshly laid wood chips filled my nostrils. My mother shouted, “They are here” and I turned to watch a horse-box trundle into the yard. This was actually happening.

The Trojan War has taken many great heroes during the ten years of battle, including Hector and Achilles, only to name a few. The Greeks decided to formulate a plan to finally end the fighting. They discovered that the only way to conquer Troy was from within, using the element of surprise. Thanks to Odysseus’ witty mind, the idea for the Trojan Horse was born. He had a skillful worker create a huge, hollow wooden horse, which could hold a number of men. Finally, the night to carry out the plan came. The last day of Troy fell upon them (without the Trojans’ knowledge). The Trojans rejoiced because they thought the Greeks had given up because their camps were empty and silent.

In the story “The Horse and His Boy” by C.S. Lewis, there is a clear theme that is shown many times throughout the story through examples and author’s craft in this fantasy world. The story follows pre-teen boy Shasta who, in a desperate attempt to escape his father selling him to a cruel slave owner, teams up with a talking horse to journey to the free-land of Narnia, but they have to travel through the Harsh land of Calormen, and they team up with other escapees along the way. The theme is laid out as sometimes having to work with different, challenging people is required to reaching a goal.

This story is D. H. Lawrence's most grounded prosecution of realism and his most grounded exhibition of the contrariness of the adoration for cash and the affection for individuals. In Paul's troubled family, his folks' marriage is inadmissible. His mom is sexually baffled: "She had bonny youngsters, yet she felt they had been pushed onto her." Clearly, she feels not satisfied, but rather disregarded. The story tends to a couple of the subjects Lawrence is most exceptional for—well, some of them in any occasion. While it does exclude the same unequivocal sexuality that made Lawrence notorious in his day, much like Sons and Lovers, "The Rocking-Horse Winner" focuses an impressive sum on the association between a mother and her tyke. The

The gruesome quarreling of mankind has changed overtime; new and improved machinery has arisen, and tactics to put down the enemy have improved in so many ways. However, the aftermath of this method of taking down the opponent has left long term effects not only on the battlefield, but on the family who must face the news that their loved one did not make it to see the next day. In this case, The battle of Troy and the rage of Aquilles in the Iliad not only enable Hector to die in misery, but leave a torn Andromache and the rest of what is left of her kindred to continue living their lives single handed.

Hester is money hungry suburban housewife who loves money so much, she shoves her family to the side. She lives in nice neighborhood with her husband and her children. Hester is always in the pursuit of more and more money because she wants other people to see that she lives lavishly and expensively. D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse winner” is a short story about the importance of true love and not substituting it for materialistic things. At the beginning, the son Paul thinks to himself that he has the luck to make money the money he believes is required to earn the love of their cold hearted mother. He starts riding his expensive rocking horse because he thinks he will learn how he can make money for his mother. He thinks that riding the toy horse will tell him the winning race horses. Paul then wants to bet money on the racehorses and miraculously wins, very large sums of money. He arranges for 5,000 pounds to be given to his mother on her birthday. Paul’s mother, without knowing Paul is the source for her newfound money, tells her son that he needs a break because he looks to be stressed out. She comes home late one night from a party to find Paul is aggressively riding his toy without listening to his mother’s advice. Paul falls off his rocking horse screaming “Malabar!” For multiple days Paul laid unconscious. He wakes up to find that Malabar had won the race and he has just won eighty thousand pounds but he then dies abruptly at the stories end. “The Rocking Horse

fighting with courage in the war of Trojan war. Telemachos who sees the suitors in front of his door

Rocking Horse Winner is a short story written by D. H Lawrence. This story revolves around a young boy named Paul. Paul has grown up in a house where his mother and father have burdened him with the fact that the family is struggling with money. So much so, that young Paul can hear his house speak these words. Paul has found a solution to his family problems by betting on horse races. He does this with his uncle and the gardener. To everyone’s amazement young Paul has a gift. He has the ability to predict horse races. Paul achieves this goal by riding his rocking horse profusely. The audience comes to learn that even though young Paul’s intentions of winning money were good, in the end young Paul succumbs to his greed and passes away. This story has many similarities to another short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story based in the early days of America with a puritan named Goodman Brown. Mr. Brown sets off on an adventure to meet someone who we find out later on to be the devil. As Mr. Brown progresses through his adventure, he realizes that the good and holy Christian town he has lived in all his life, has deep and dark secrets. Some of which include finding out his family, along with his pastor and deacon are devil worshipers. As Mr. Brown comes to realize all this, he becomes resentful and goes down a path of sin, eventually dying an unhappy and fearful man.

My crew was about to make history. Legs in my chest, ankles in my thighs, head against the wall... I was ready for this. The words, “Everyone, out!” overwhelmed me. I had made my way down a thick rope, and saw the vast amount of people awaiting me. All the citizens were hushed asleep blind to what was to come. Nonchalantly, I took my recently sharpened spear out of my back pocket. It was time, and our crew made our first move. The whole scene was all a blur to me; sharp cries and agonizing grunts. We had made a victory and sailed off from Troy back home.