In the short story of "The Rocking-Horse Winner"‚ a boy named Paul is gifted in picking the winners in horse races. He currently is concerned about obtaining money to earn his mom’s love. The moral of this story is about luck and money. Paul’s mother introduces her speech about how lucky people are always rich. Afterwards‚ in the end‚ Paul tells her he is a lucky one. There are four elements from this passage that reveals foreshadowing‚ the revelation of character‚ suspense and atmosphere. D.H. Lawrence
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Tool for Evil Money is considered‚ by some people‚ to be the root of all evil‚ when in reality money is no more evil than any other object. Money is just an object that can be abused; however‚ the true evil is selfish greed and lust for power. “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence and “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry exemplify two different types of greed through gambling and sacrifice. It is safe to say that people would consider vehicles to be helpful‚ but would they assume cars evil because
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The Comparisons of “The Rocking-Horse Winner” and “The Lottery” “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence is an unpredictable‚ fairytale-like short story about a mother of three who constantly worries about her financial problems. She has a son who is fervent about figuring out a solution to her predicament. This story also has an abrupt ending that gives off strong emotion. Another short story‚ called “The Lottery”‚ has the same spectacle of ending the story with suspense. Written by Shirley
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Materialism over Motherhood The short story‚ “The Rocking - Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence elaborates on the important role that wealth plays not only in an individual’s lifestyle‚ but also their happiness. Paul‚ a young boy seeking the love of his materialistic minded mother feels a deep obligation to fulfill his mother’s happiness‚ a place where his father has failed. Through a Freudian approach‚ one is able to describe Paul’s actions of sexually desiring his mother and ultimately replacing the
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"Ball"‚ "Eveline"‚ and "The Rocking-Horse Winner" are three short stories which all share common themes. In all three of these stories one of the juvenile characters is somehow damaged by their parents. In the "Rocking Horse-Winner‚" the main character Paul is hurt by his mother because she talks negatively about his father; this leaves Paul terrified and makes him want to be nothing like his father. At one point‚ Paul’s mother says‚ " it’s because your father has no luck" (Lawrence 267). (This
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named Charlotte. Soon he got bad news from the sheep when they told him that Mr. Zuckerman was just fattening him up for Christmas dinner. Wilbur told Charlotte that he didn’t want to die. Charlotte promised Wilbur that she would find a way to make sure he was not killed. One morning when Lurvy was feeding Wilbur his slop‚ he noticed the words “SOME PIG” was written in a spider web. Lurvy went and told Mr. and Mrs. Zuckerman and soon the news spread all over town. The next time Charlotte had Templeton
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http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides5/RockingHorse.html Type of Work and Narration .......“The Rocking-Horse Winner” is a short story that incorporates elements of the fable‚ the fantasy‚ and the fairy tale. Like a fable‚ it presents a moral (although it does so subtly‚ without preachment). Like a fantasy‚ it presents chimerical events (the boy’s ability to foretell the winners of horse races‚ the whispering house). Like a fairy tale‚ it sets the scene with simple words like those in a
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