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    Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse Winner‚” the author develops the character Paul to symbolize his devotion and struggle to earn his mother’s love‚ in order to suggest a theme that love should not be materialistic. Through viewpoint‚ the reader can tell that material possessions are highly

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    Throughout the course of literature‚ eyes have been viewed as gateways to one’s true nature and thought process; there’s even a cliché that states as much‚ one that is consistently being reiterated. D.H. Lawrence’s "Rocking-Horse Winner" contains various instances of this motif in action‚ with the repeated mention of eyes providing crucial insight into both Paul and his mother by revealing the true nature of the latter’s feelings towards her children whenever they look into each other’s eyes and

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    Lawrence’s "Rocking Horse Winner." One general difference is that in "The Destructors" the setting is in Great Britain‚ after the bombing had happened during World War 1‚ when the buildings were destroyed. The setting of "Rocking Horse Winner" is a suburban community located on the outskirts of Baltimore‚ Maryland. This one distinct difference affects the entire background of each story. The setting of "The Destructors" brings mood and feeling into the story were ass the setting of "Rocking Horse Winner"

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    The introduction of D.H. Lawrence’s The Rocking-horse Winner is pretty in its unadorned elegance of natural diction and structure. This‚ coupled with life-like character archetypes‚ emotionally engages the reader‚ and renders Hester round in a single paragraph. Generally‚ the paragraphs start with an axiom‚ and follow basic-cause and effect relationships‚ often paralleling a paraprosdokian compare then contrast form. This allows for very clear character‚ plot‚ and conflict development. While the

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    D.H. Lawrence’s 1926 short story‚ The Rocking Horse Winner‚ can be seen as an exemplum of love and materialism to coexist. The various family members in the story expose the greedy and materialistic obsession. The mother in the story‚ Hester‚ portrays an unsatisfiable desire for a luxurious lifestyle. Although Hester was born beautiful and “started with all the advantages”1(436)‚ Hester believes she has become unlucky after marrying. In an attempt to satisfy his mother’s desires‚ Paul‚ “went off

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    The love and affection of a mother towards her family plays an important role. In the short story "The Rocking- Horse Winner" written by D.H Lawrence‚ the mother’s attitude undergoes a development. In the beginning of the story‚ she tends to be self obsessed. As the story progresses‚ she turns into a concerned mother. Towards the end of the story she realizes the danger of unbridled greed‚ as she loses her son. In the beginning of the story‚ the mother portrays a role of self obsessed woman‚ who

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    And indeed‚”The Rocking Horse Winner” seems to ascend the realm of the fantastic. It can however be judged independent of its supernatural element. The setting is a well kept house‚ despite the finances in which the mother is extremely bitter about the lack of money and the impotency of the father to handle such a situation. Paul‚ the male older child desperately wants to be lucky to be able to please his mother and his rocking horse becomes the instrument through which he

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    In the text Rocking Horse Winner there is presented a very unstable boy who is constantly vying for his mothers attention. He actually drives himself insane just trying to be loved and accepted by his mother. His mother‚ meanwhile kept the image of being a perfect woman and mom‚ but her behavior took a very twisted turn. In reality she did not love anyone except herself. In the title it mentions a rocking horse‚ this was a type of metaphor throughout the story. Paul uncle would take him to the races

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    The Rocking Horse Winner The dramatic short story "The rocking horse winner‚" is about a young boy who desires to be loved by his mother. The author‚ D.H. Lawrence develops a theme that states‚ the desire for money and social status is a destructive force. The story is about a young boy named Paul who tries to win his mothers love by gambling for money. Paul has a supernatural power which he can commute with his rocking horse to find out the winning races. However‚ in the end Paul tries too hard

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    the writers to improve their writing. Also‚ the symbols give more color‚ make it more rich writing and enhance the meaning to doing it deeper or varied. We find many symbols and constant use of irony in both short stories‚ “The Lottery” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner”. The most important thing in these incidents is the variety of interpretations which have been discovered since they were written‚ and how both represent the reality of the life in the current times. Symbols in “The Lottery” are a lot

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