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    We as humans are competitive beings. Whether it is outwardly expressed‚ or not‚ the desire to be smarter‚ better looking‚ stronger‚ more successful‚ higher in status than the next person naturally lies within us. In D. H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner”‚ Hester‚ a wife and mother of three children‚ turns that innate desire into an obsession. The author‚ throughout this story‚ uses literary techniques to communicate that money shouldn’t come before family and it can’t buy happiness. Hester

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    “For the love of money is the root of all evil.” in the short story‚ The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H Lawrence. The story is centered on Paul‚ a persistent young boy‚ who remains selfless in his quest to make his mother‚ Hester‚ a happy wealthy woman. Paul shows loyalty throughout the story‚ never giving up on bringing luck into his mother’s life. The happiness of his mother‚ motivates Paul to continue gambling on horse races. His naive belief that money would cure his mother’s depression over being

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    The Rocking-Horse Loser Money‚ although important‚ is not the only thing that makes life worth living. However‚ for the characters in D. H. Lawrence’s short story “The Rocking-Horse Winner‚” money appears to be the only thing that produces happiness. This ideology proves quite toxic‚ as seen in the characterization of Paul and his mother; it is through these two vessels that Lawrence accentuates the consequences of greed and materialism. Paul’s death is the result of his mother’s selfishness which

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    where the horse is. Second‚ it shows how ambition does not ever stop. Responsibility‚ generosity/greed‚ and the Oedipus complex are the main themes of The Rocking Horse Winner. The tone is one of mysterious irony. The Rocking-Horse takes great pains to create a generally realistic atmosphere and to have its characters respond to external stimuli in the ways that “normal” people would. Details such as the picking of winning horses through a frenzied and debilitating ride on a rocking-horse‚ are central

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    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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    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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    The Rocking-Horse Winner "The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a short story written by David Herbert Lawrence‚ an English novelist‚ poet‚ and short story writer. The story was published in July 1926‚ in Harper ’s Bazaar‚ and then appeared in the first volume of Lawrence ’s collected short stories. After that‚ the story was made into a film released in 1949. “The Rocking-Horse Winner” is a short story that incorporates elements of the fable‚ fantasy‚ and fairy tale. Like a fable‚ it presents morals. Like

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    The Themes of The Lottery and The Rocking Horse Winner In D.H. Lawrence’s The Rocking-Horse Winner and the Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery are different stories about different topics but have a similar ending. Each story teaches a lesson. If everyone where to sit down and read both of these short stories in a critical manner people’s lives would be changed for the better. The Lottery is a short story‚ third-person‚ objective. In short the citizens of this New England village gather at 10:00 AM on

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    worry later‚ referred to as the roaring twenties. The 1920’s inspired many great writers from Fitzgerald’s Gatsby to Milne’s Pooh‚ writers in the 1920’s wrote with themes centralizing around money‚ love‚ and the problems that follow in a fairy tale way. One man stands out from the rest with a great work titled The Rocking Horse Winner‚ in which D.H Lawrence depicts a scene of twisted virtues and painstaking love. " The final stories of D.H.‚ written in the middle and late 1920’s represent a period

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    money 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

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