GENS1101 Fiction Analysis Directions: Use critical thinking strategies to analyze the short stories from the fiction section of the Mercury Reader. 1. Title of Selection: The Rocking-Horse Winner 2. Author: D.H. Lawrence. Was born in a coal town in the dusty industrial area of England but didn’t find his way to the mines because of his mother. His writing mostly criticizes society. 3. Theme: Possessions are not more important than personal connections. Paul is trying
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------------------------------------------------- War Horse ------------------------------------------------- A Review by Wesley Charles Pearson “War Horse is a children’s novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by Kaye & Ward in 1982. The story recounts the experiences of Joey‚ a horse purchased by the Army for service in World War I France and the attempts of young Albert‚ his previous owner‚ to bring him safely home.” War Horse is a children’s novel by Michael Morpurgo
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Professor Shearer English 101 February 2‚ 2013 “The Rocking Horse Winner” Lawrence son of a coal miner and a school teacher‚ was born and grew up in Nottinghamshire‚ England. Lawrence was rejected for the military service in World War 1 because of lung trouble. This story took place just years after World War 1. It took place near London; London’s Richmond Park. There are a couple of characters in this story. They are Paul‚ Hester‚ Paul’s father‚ Bassett‚ Oscar Creswell‚ Miss Wilmot‚ Paul’s two
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Alison Ely 6/24/14 Riding the White Horse Within the universe‚ there are celestial bodies that join together in solar systems that make up galaxies‚ galaxies that create everything tangible and visible and real; however‚ within the heavens and all that is palpable and perceptible and concrete‚ there is so much more: the intangible. At times this is presented as luck or fortune‚ and sometimes‚ it shows itself as love. Yasunari Kawabata’s “The White Horse” (1963) is a ravishing run through the
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Horses of the Night - First Stage Notes • Vanessa was 6 years old‚ and Shallow Creek was a very cold environment o "No leaves grew...breath of seals and polar bears snuffled out steamily and turned to ice" - IMAGERY • Chris was fifteen when Vanessa met him • "...let him stay at the Brick House." significance? • "...high low-sweeping spruce trees shutting out the sun with their dusky out-fanned branches." (pg 283) - IMAGERY • "At last the front screen door was hurled open and Grandfather Connor
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Social Throughout history‚ horses have always been social animals. They live in large herds all over the world. This is something that hasn’t changed with domestication (Lablanc‚ 2013). Horse herds structures as a harem (Lablanc‚ 2013). A harem is when one or two males with multiple females and their offspring (Lablanc‚ 2013). The harem is able to remain stable due to the number of females in the herd (Lablanc‚ 2013). The mares stay together and a new stallion comes in after others leave or die
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Pretend for a moment that humans of the present era are horses of the mid- to late 1800s. Horses are prideful‚ strong‚ and majestic creatures that have very few predators lurking over them. Horses have worked hard at their jobs for a long time. They pull heavy carts‚ race for entertainment‚ and make long journeys with ease‚ all for the sake of three square meals a day and an early retirement. The end of the 19th century comes near and horses are starting to see changes happening all around them. Ignorant
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The Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) is a tragic story in which the protagonist Hester learns that money does not equal happiness. The setting in the short story is used to express Hester’s longing for luck and what comes along with it. The Rocking Horse Winner takes place approximately from August to End November early December. We can tell that it ends near November because near the end of the story Hester’s birthday arrives which is in November and the book takes place over
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Using the literary theory of formalism‚ I analyzed four textual elements of D.H. Lawrence’s The Rocking Horse. The four textual elements I analyzed included protagonist‚ antagonist‚ conflict‚ and setting. There are two major conflicts in this story: an external conflict‚ which involves the family’s financial state‚ and an internal conflict‚ which involves Paul’s desire to please his mother. The external conflict is stated repeatedly in the story: “There is not enough money”. The family lives
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of art. Often‚ these writers apply their stories in a try to convey certain themes. One alike writer is D. H. Lawrence. Lawrence employed a large number of literary tactics such as imagery symbol to define the main theme on one of his story : “The Horse-Dealer’s Daughter”. Death and resurrection can be clearly identify as the main theme from this story where D. H. Lawrence recount the life of an youthful hopeless women (Mabel) dealing with debt‚ death and solitude pushing her to suicide from a pond
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