AP Literature and Composition 5 September 2012 The Rocking-Horse Winner Questions 1. The purpose of this story is to show the importance of the choices that you make. If you’re going to wish for something‚ just make sure to think twice about it before the wish finalizes. In this simplistic style of writing‚ direct characterization and its use of the wish motif make this story a fable of sorts‚ a tale meant to teach a lesson. The story is centered around a child who potentially has magical
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her children. The conflict of the story helped to develop the theme: her son Paul can sense the tension in the house and can hear the house whisper “there must be more money”; because of this‚ he rides his rocking-horse until he goes into a clairvoyant phase where he sees the winning horse of the next race. After Paul won a large amount of money‚ which he secretly gave to his mother‚ yet he saw that she was still not content. She used the money on unnecessary items which causes the house to scream
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Breed confirmation- Gypsy Horses average between 13hh-15.2hh. Heights outside this range‚ above or below‚ are acceptable. They should have‚ “sweet head”‚ meaning without coarseness‚ in proportion and fitting well with the overall balance of the horse. The head is neat‚ noble‚ expressive‚ relatively strong without coarseness‚ and in balance (proportionate) with the body. Bite should be even. Throat latch slightly deeper than lighter breeds. Should be refined enough to allow proper flexing at the poll
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changes in order to fit in the new environment‚ such as rename and change nationality.The articles from “Two Ways to belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee and “The F Word” by Firoozeh Dumas‚ both of the author faces different issues and go through the problems that happened in their life. Even through both of these author are immigrants but they do experience different things. The author of “Two Ways to belong in America”‚ Mukherjee wants change her identity into American citizenship‚ while her sister
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In Rick Bass story the “Two Deer” there is an idea of two separate views on predators and prey. Bass created two separate worlds by having two different viewpoints between the narrator and his wife Martha. A great example of the different viewpoints Martha and the narrator is when the narrator stated when they was in college‚ “I was going to learn how to build roads in the forest”(168)‚ and “she explained to me that what I was doing was bad‚ that road building in the west destroyed the last pieces
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Views on Femininity of The Rocking Horse Winner D.H. Lawrence’s The Rocking Horse Winner is a short story that easily shows a feminist side. Paul’s mother is a main character who is trapped in a society where she has to stick to the social norms. She will do anything to keep up the appearance even if it constitutes spending more money than the family has. “I can’t be‚ if I married an unlucky husband” (2). Because her husband is unlucky‚ she is considered unlucky. The mother is tied to the husband
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to support the elegant lifestyle that she feels she deserves. After Paul receives a rocking horse one Christmas‚ he rides it often and develops an outlandish intuitive power that enables him to foresee the victors of the upcoming races. At the racetracks‚ with his dead on predictions‚ he wins thousands of pounds that he sets the winnings aside to cover the costs of his mother’s debts. Paul’s rocking horse and the whispering of the house represent his evident need for love. In her fixation with material
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Merlin I walk into his stable; my heart sinks as I see no progress in the depressed and temperamental horse in the corner. His stable is true comfort. It is deep with sweet smelling wood shavings and a huge bowl of luscious green teff. A small wooden window lets in the crisp winter air and the bright morning light. How can this not appease his rotten mood? His eyes are still miserable; his head is low with his pendulous lip brushing the bedding. His disconnection with life is questionable; is he
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Standard” and “Two Offers” both told a story about a girl that was charmed by a man that didn’t truly love them. At first everything was love and happiness until the man showed their true colors‚ Harper expressed in “A Double Standard”‚ “Can you blame me that I did not see Beneath his burning kiss The serpent’s wiles‚ nor even hear The deadly adder hiss?” (456). That love is blind and falling for someone before getting to know the real them can lead to a loveless relationship. In “Two Offers” Janette
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Adult supervision of children is quite a controversial topic nowadays as there are so many different beliefs. The article “A Tale of Two Summers for Parents”‚ by Belinda Luscombe‚ brings up many points as to how depending on many factors‚ parents have to make this difficult decision. I believe that children do not need that constant supervision in their childhood because‚ it will lead to them being independent‚ growing stronger as an individual‚ and finally because it will allow the parents to keep
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