Compartive Fiction Essay: "The Rocking Horse Winner" and "Young Goodman Brown"
According to Webster’s Dictionary App, the definitions of deceive include: to ensnare, be false to, fail to fulfill, cheat, cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid, to while away, practice deceit and give a false impression. In D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse Winner” and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” the grip of deceit on both the physical and spiritual elements of life is the theme revealed through irony, symbolism and allegory.
The bible warns of the pride within ones heart and elated perception of self that grips them deceived. Its apparent in both stories the essence of deceit and how it handicaps the mind. The author’s choice of words and style of writing illuminates the overall presence of sin and darkness, and juxtaposing it’s obvious the travesty in lives today.
In Lawrence’s work, the story of a hopeless family’s haunted home with roots in deception leaves the reader optimistic of a brighter end. The author uses the symbolic relationship of a mother and child proposing the effects of deceit on an individuals perspective as well as their children and home. The irony is the mother’s preconceived misconception of being lucky has led to her disillusioned state, ultimately unaware of her blessings. Though the story unfolds as a mother whose selfishness of heart spills over into the lives of her family, the irony lies in the passing of her son into heavenly hands. Though the story reeks of darkness, the truth of the matter is the sin of one may influence another yet never will it determine destiny.
By using the symbolic relation of a mother and child, the author focuses our attention to an even greater relation of a believer and their God. In the travesty of Young Master Paul’s surroundings within the home, we realize the profound difference in His perception of God and his mother’s lack of connection in being reeled in by the fallacy that God never responds to His children. Because of Hester’s selfishness and exalted
The bible warns of the pride within ones heart and elated perception of self that grips them deceived. Its apparent in both stories the essence of deceit and how it handicaps the mind. The author’s choice of words and style of writing illuminates the overall presence of sin and darkness, and juxtaposing it’s obvious the travesty in lives today.
In Lawrence’s work, the story of a hopeless family’s haunted home with roots in deception leaves the reader optimistic of a brighter end. The author uses the symbolic relationship of a mother and child proposing the effects of deceit on an individuals perspective as well as their children and home. The irony is the mother’s preconceived misconception of being lucky has led to her disillusioned state, ultimately unaware of her blessings. Though the story unfolds as a mother whose selfishness of heart spills over into the lives of her family, the irony lies in the passing of her son into heavenly hands. Though the story reeks of darkness, the truth of the matter is the sin of one may influence another yet never will it determine destiny.
By using the symbolic relation of a mother and child, the author focuses our attention to an even greater relation of a believer and their God. In the travesty of Young Master Paul’s surroundings within the home, we realize the profound difference in His perception of God and his mother’s lack of connection in being reeled in by the fallacy that God never responds to His children. Because of Hester’s selfishness and exalted