Compare and Contrast the Destructors and the Rocking Horse Winner

The short story that has the best quality off literary fiction would be, The Rocking-Horse Winner by D H Lawrence, a story about a young boy trying to win his mother’s love by seeking the luck she thinks she does not have also, wanting to give her the luxurious lifestyle she dreams of by betting on horse races he begins to make money to hopefully make everything better. This short story represents setting, plot, theme, symbol and character very well. Without these main points of emphasis being made a short story would have no structure so that’s what I feel is most important.

The topic of war is hard to imagine from the perspective of one who hasn't experienced it. Literature makes it accessible for the reader to explore the themes of war. Owen and Remarque both dipcik what war was like for one who has never gone through it. Men in both All Quiet on the Western Front and “Dulce Et Decorum” experience betrayal of youth, horrors of war and feelings of camaraderie.

In the short stories, “The Destructors” by Graham Greene and “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, these stories though have drastically different settings and time frames, the character’s deal with similar inner turmoil from their exterior circumstances. Each short story seems to reveal an interesting outcome and turn of events as the character’s personalities unfold. Not only does one see the personalities of the characters unfold, but the settings are revealed, to set the stage for what drives the plot.

There are people in this world who think that money can give them anything. This can be food to water to ease and joy. Consequently, they comprehend that money will have a life filled with ease and happiness. But what you don’t visualize is that building these thoughts will lead to an obsessive, joyless, person going the extra mile to get that cash. Why this is unacceptable I might add is where is the ease and the joy you endured obsessively to have? Suffering long hours so you have ease but have no time to rest. Tolerating days of labor to find happiness, but find yourself empty when you have nothing to show yourself for it. D.H. Lawrence demonstrates this perfectly in his short story by including foreshadowing and symbolism, “The Rocking

In the manner of A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, George Saunders provides the readers of Civilwarland In Bad Decline with a bystander's view of miserable, disgruntled characters and their treacherous, rather unfortunate lots in life. His characters are deplorably miserable, overly guilt-ridden, and exploited, and yet they elicit a heart wrenching compassion. Readers are left sympathizing for the occasionally revolting characters, even empathizing with their burdens. Indeed, Saunders exhibits plenty of correlations between each of his story's characters, simultaneously creating a unifying quality to his stories and hinting at a greater theme. The stories within Civilwarland In Bad Decline are cut from the same cloth, and even

The film opens up with a title sequence describing the setting and time: Summer 1939 in Belham, England, a fictional village outside the big city of London. Mrs. Miniver has three kids: young Toby and Judy, and the older Vin. The events of the movie begin with Mrs. Miniver navigating the streets of London trying to get to a store to buy a hat. The atmosphere of the country is conveyed by describing the excessive shopping of the locals without a care for cost. As Lady Beldon puts it, “Trying to be better than their betters.” Action turns to the Miniver household, called Starlings. Here, the layout of such a middle-class suburban house is displayed:

When a young author from New York City decides to take a trip to the southern city of Savannah, he finds himself falling in love with the town and ends up renting an apartment. He encounters many different characters, including Danny Hansford and Jim Williams, that gives the reader a good look into the aura of Savannah. The main conflict in the book occurs when a murder happens in an old mansion located in the town. The book follows the progression of the trial and the outcome following the court’s decision.

In both stories, “The Destructors” by Graham Greene, and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the authors relate to every day, real life situations that we think we can't deal with. We have to remind ourselves that this walk in life will not always be easy, but going through situations, some good and not so good, with a positive attitude allows us to finish as true champions. In the two short stories, the setting of the story plays a vital role by acting as the foundation. In fact, the setting of a story gives us as readers the chance to read at our pace while trying to get the true meaning of the story.  In my essay, I will present the writer’s intentions of both stories by comparing and contrasting the setting of both stories.

“The author's work is known for its explorations of human nature and illustrates the nature of materialism” (Jones). Throughout life, we are constantly developing who we are as people. As we grow, we grasp hold of things we wish to portray ourselves with. In doing so, we create ourselves as humans. In this philosophy that has been developed, we base how we are raised in order to develop who we become in the long run. Over time, we receive knowledge pertaining to who we wish to become. In the story story “The Rocking Horse Winner” written by D. H. Lawrence, we are taken to a questionable development of humans in an equally disturbing adventure. In this short story, there are many messages that can be traced throughout.

When a person is lucky, it does not have to mean that they are fortunate with money. Luck is the chance for things to go the way you want them to go with out having any control over the situation. In The Rocking Horse Winner, Hester, the mother seems to believe that luck is strictly having money, and when there is no money, there is no luck. Hester's idea of luck meaning money brings forth the two ideas of greed and death throughout the story.

Comparison and Contrast of “The Destructors”, by Graham Greene and “The Rocking Horse Winner”, by D.H. Lawrence

One’s perspective of the world can alter by an event. Events can alter one’s perspective of the world when one decides to take interest in an event or participate in one. In these three short stories, “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway, “Speaking of Courage” by Tim O’Brien, and “The Destructors” by Graham Greene, “Soldier’s Home” and “Speaking of Courage” are very alike when Norman Bowker, and Krebs, the protagonist, has just returned from being drafted in the war. Norman and Krebs are incapable to resume their daily lives. The short story, “The Destructors.”

Realism, Naturalism, and Regionalism are just a few examples of the many styles of writing that exist. Each style of writing deals with a specific time period. Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat”, Henry James’s “Daisy Miller”, and Mary E Wilkins Freeman’s “The Revolt of Mother” are just a few examples of the literary works that represent these time periods. These literary works are perfect examples of the specific time periods each writing style was popular among certain authors. These stories allow readers to compare the modern times that we live in currently to the period these authors were in. They also allow the reader to branch out and be different.

Though the entire story is set between 1862 and 1918, the majority is spent during the turn of the century. This was a time of huge changes, such as the invention of automobiles, electric communication, and a generally hopeful and positive outlook. However, the narrator portrays the melancholic existential crisis of the masses as “Another hundred years were ground up and churned”(129). He expressed that the world did not feel as new as it had in the past century in an oft repeated lament: “Oh, strawberries don’t taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their

A Critical Analysis of "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence and "The Destructors" by Graham Greene