The Rocking Horse Winner Analysis

The disparity between Paul's family's luxurious tastes and their actual income sets the whole story in motion on (pg170) it says “and so the house became to be haunted by its unspoken words there must be more money there must be more money”. The theme of the short story however would be luck not love, the reason I say luck is because that’s all the mother ever wanted, and Paul had made it his responsibility to have luck for is mother (pg171) when Paul ask his mother what is luck she replied “it’s what causes you to have money if your luck you have money that’s why it’s better to be born luck than

In the short story “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, by David Herbert Lawrence, there is this family, as the family wants to keep their economic status, the mom want’s to have money all the time. The Mom has a mental mindset of the family being rich, as she believes that she has money, but in reality, the family is not rich and they have no money as they are in debt. The mom is unhappy as the parent's marriage is unsatisfactory, the mom thought she was lucky before she got married to her husband, so she thinks that her husband gave her bad luck. Both parents have no luck. The mom does not like her own children. The mom tells his son Paul, that she and Dad have no luck. This short story has many secrets that various of the characters keep from one another. In “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, the theme is a Moral Obligation as Hester the mom does not like her kids and only her and the kids know, Paul keeps from his mom that him, uncle Oscar, and Bassett have been betting on horse races and that the “Rocking-Horse” gives Paul luck.

In “The Rocking-Horse Winner” we are introduced to a woman who author D.H Lawrence states, “was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. She married for love, and the love turned to dust. She had bonny children, yet she felt they had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them.” When I dive into the psychology behind that statement, I come up with a thought that this beginning draws similarities to Lawrence’s own upbringing with his coal miner father and schoolteacher mother. Similarly the mother in “The Rocking-Horse Winner” is disenchanted with her marriage and the way her life

One of the emotional essentials of life is to be loved, and there are quite a few cases where material things can hinder receiving this much-needed love, the greatest culprit of all being money. D. H. Lawrence’s short story “The Rocking Horse Winner” tells of a boy, Paul, who desires love and affection from his mother, Hester, but she is so wrapped up in her concerns with money that she does not display any of this needed affection toward her son or any of her children. She has grown unloving and bitter due to her husband’s inability to meet her expectations, and she tells Paul his father is unlucky. Full of curiosity, Paul asks his mother what luck is, and she tells him, “‘It’s what causes you to have money. If you’re lucky you have money. That’s why it’s better to be born lucky than rich. If you’re rich, you may lose your money. But if you’re lucky, you will always get more money” (Lawrence, 2). Paul is quite intuitive and interprets that the only way he can finally obtain love from his mother is if he is lucky, much unlike his father. He proudly shares with his mother that he is lucky, but when she does not take his word seriously, he falls into a blinded rage as he madly rides his rocking horse, hoping it will take him to where the luck is, “‘Now take me to where there is luck!’” (3). By riding his rocking-horse, he knows which horse will win the derby. The association of love with money brings about the idea of a love for money, or greed, which is one of the seven

Paul is infatuated with luck for after being convinced that luck is the bane of his father and family he feels as if he is responsible for maintaining his family 's happiness with the success that his luck brings. Whispers that creep through his house are whispers of depression and doubt that plague Paul driving him forwards thus he states, “I started it for mother. She said she had no luck, because father is unlucky, so I thought if I was lucky, it might stop the whispering" (Lawrence 8). Paul finds himself encumbered with the burden of maintaining a family 's happiness. As an adolescent hoping to please his mother Paul must push himself past the limit of the

For every decision and action a person makes, he/she always has an intention and motivation to do so. Nora Helmer and Hester in the works A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence face choices related to finances. Due to the differences in severity and inspiration for money between the two, Nora can be used as a lens to better fathom the selfishness and greed of Hester’s actions in relation to riches. Moreover, the theme of money in A Doll’s House sheds light on this same theme in “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” especially as it pertains to these characters. While both Nora and Hester adore wealth, Nora’s attitude toward money is selfless, whereas Hester’s outlook is self-indulgent; this is seen through what the characters do with the money, how their perspectives develop regarding wealth, and how they are viewed by other characters.

The "Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence is a story, which emphasizes the battered relationship between a mother and her child. The author's work is known for its explorations of human nature and illustrates the nature of materialism. The author employs techniques of the fairy tale to moralize on the value of love and the dangers of the money. D.H. Lawrence presents an upper class family that is destroyed by greed because they always felt like no matter how much money they had, they always needed more. He tells the reader about the downfall of an upper middle class family struggling to maintain appearances through habitual overspending. The author displays the negative

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.

“The Rocking-Horse Winner” is a short story by D. H. Lawrence in which he creates a criticism of the modernized world’s admiration and desire for material objects. It was published in Harper’s Bazaar magazine in 1926 for the first time (E-Notes). The story’s main character, Hester, is a beautiful woman who is completely consumed by the idea of possession, and so she loses out on the love of family and the happiness of life. Her son, Paul, also learns to love wealth because of his negligent mother, constantly hearing the “whispers” of empty pockets in their home. D. H. Lawrence uses the relationship between Paul and Hester and their money in “The Rocking-Horse Winner” to show the shortcomings

The stories “The Rocking Horse Winner” and “Araby” were an example of coming of age. The “Araby” story existed from a narrator that used his childhood experience while he is growing up and deteriorating in love Mangans sister. The narrator grew up in a quiet neighborhood and attended a Christian Brothers school. The boy lived with his aunt and uncle. In the house they lived in, there was a priest that had passed away in one of the rooms. One of the narrator’s favorite experiences was when he would scram through things that had been left behind in the house. This story was a coming of age story not really because he went from a young boy to a growing adult, but because the maturity in the story. He grew to love. He really struggled to

The luck will always be with you. The story breaks down to the ones who think puts “love with money and luck with happiness”. Paul”s mom thinks that money “will make her happy” though it has not yet. “Paul, who learns from his mother to associate love with money, represents the desperate search for values in a cash culture.

Certain individuals have a drive that can lead them to achieve what they desire most. In the Short story “The Rocking Horse Winner”, D.H Lawrence showcases this through character motivation and symbolism. He further this using pursuit of desire, and how if you take it to a certain extent it can result in tragedy if the individual chooses not to conform. Paul wants to please his mother because his mother feels that there family has no luck, but Paul proclaims that he is lucky. Paul suddenly becomes consumed with this sudden spree of good luck and feels this is the only way he will be able to gain to the affection of his mother. D.H Lawrence reveals that Paul has a certain flaw that turns him to believe that the only way he will be able to gain his mothers love and affection is by winning money in the horse races. He leads this pursuit of desire to the standards he thought he wanted to, but not to the standards that would have achieved what he wanted, which leads to his down fall. When individuals desire love from another, they may choose to conform their beliefs and actions to that person. At first they may feel successful, however if they sacrifice everything, in pursuing this kind of goal, they may pay a heavy price instead of gaining there hearts desire.

Paul also hears the cry, "there must be more money" echoing through the house's walls (Lawrence 525). "Paul . . . takes upon himself the intolerable burden of attempting to solve mother's 'problem' . . . the lack of money" (Jinkins 88). He takes this challenge hoping to receive his mother's love in return. Instead Paul rides himself to his death because he is unable to meet his "devouring" mother's needs (Jinkins 89).

Certain individuals have a drive that can lead them to achieve what they desire most. In the Short story “The Rocking Horse Winner”, D.H Lawrence showcases this through character motivation and symbolism. He further this using pursuit of desire, and how if you take it to a certain extent it can result in tragedy if the individual chooses not to conform. Paul wants to please his mother because his mother feels that there family has no luck, but Paul proclaims that he is lucky. Paul suddenly becomes consumed with this sudden spree of good luck and feels this is the only way he will be able to gain to the affection of his mother. D.H Lawrence reveals that Paul has a certain flaw that turns him to believe that the only way he will be able to

“The Rocking-Horse Winner” was written by British author D.H. Lawrence. It is a short story that was first published in 1926 in Harper’s Bazaar. The story revolve around a child named Paul. Paul lives with his siblings and parents. The mother, Hester is a greedy person, she admires luxury and expensive items. None of the family members talks about their financial issues yet the children know it. The children are aware because their house whispers about the need for more money. Paul is curious child who questions his mother about luck and being rich. However, once he notices his mother is not very interested so he goes away with the goal of proving his luckiness to his mother. Paul realizes that once he ride his toy viciously he can acknowledge the winner. Using this knowledge he makes bets with the assist of Bassett, the family’s gardener. He sends his earnings to his mother anonymously. Hester does not that her son is creating bets. Therefore, she becomes concerned about his health as creating bets made Paul highly frustrated and stressed. Hester plans to send Paul away to recover. Nonetheless, due to intense concentration on finding the winner Paul gets a brain fever and dies. Though Autism was not a diagnosed condition when Lawrence wrote this story, the main character, Paul seems to suffer from a form of this disorder (Asperger syndrome), which can be detected by examining his obsessive behavior, his social relationships, and his overall manner of speech.