Hester's Pocketbook Analysis

Hester helps create Paul's unhealthy obsession by appreciating her lifestyle and revenues more than him. She not only drives him into a state of psychosis, hearing the house whisper, but also in a state of exhaustion. He has no regards toward his life because he is never shown the significance it holds. In his eyes, Hester's pocketbook has more of a chance at receiving love than he ever will. Paul gives up his life in the pursuit of his mother's happiness when the roles should be reversed. Lawerence shows how society holds a higher priority to materials than a person's presence. He also illustrates how a child needs to be nurtured and seeks constant assurance for their parent's admiration. Lawerence's readers can relate to many aspects of his story.
He shows many lessons such as how one let another's judgement affect him/her, trying to "Keep up with the Joneses", feeling rejected or unloved, being robbed of a childhood because growing up fast was the only option, becoming unknowingly obsessed with different demons, and working the body and mind to a place of no
return. The list is endless, but these being a few of his messages. Perhaps if Hester would have been reading a story like this instead of her bank statements, the ending would be different.