The Rocking Horse Winner Analysis

There are many symbol in this short story. One of the symbol is money in the quote “There must be more money.”(Lawrence Through out the story money is alway mention. “There must be more money” Is the quote that keep popping up in the story.

In William Hazlitt’s essay, “On The Want Of Money,” discloses that although a life with money is not as desirable as expected, as in the cliche, “money can’t buy happiness,” lives without money, are too, void of livelihood and purpose, but plump with seclusion. Just as a flower is not able to bloom without proper nutrients, one will not be able to prosper without money. However, over watered plants are not fragrant, just as the wealth consumed are not well. In the mentioned excerpt, Hazlitt allows the reader to seep into the gloom that affects the wealthy and the financially destitute, with despondent diction, to instill the atrocity of his belief. Through the use of these rhetorical devices, Hazlitt establishes the concept that those who

They found that children from higher income families and households were advanced over their peers in both reading and cognitive reasoning skills. When we start to see Paul’s irrational and erratic behavior, specifically rocking violently back and forth on a childhood toy at what I assumed was teenage age, one has to question his cognitive and rationalizing skills. He seems to be out of touch with reality and almost entranced by this rocking horse and its fantasy. The rocking horse in fact was one of those extravagant gifts given to Paul and his sisters at Christmas. It’s ironic to me that this gift ultimately plays a large part in Paul’s unraveling and undoing.

The repercussions of attaining or lacking money changes based on the situation of the person possessing it . One could use money as an instrument to create happiness in spite of its vile nature. On the other hand one could be corrupted by it based on what it 's used for or the impact it has on that person 's character. Based on my personal experiences money has always been the one factor that restrains my family from experiencing constant happiness. But that 's not necessarily the same situation for every family. In “The Glass Castle” the Walls family drifted further apart in result of coming across money. The glass castle was an exciting book with a very unique and adventure seeking family. Rex Walls sand Rose Mary Walls were the parents of Jeanette, Lori, and Brian Walls. Initially the family was poor but over time their wealth would increase and decrease creating a series of complications that the family had to face. While encountering wealth, due to the passing away of Rose Mary’s mother who left her a large house in Phoenix and some money, the family felt out of place because they 've become so accustomed to their lifestyle of struggling. “City life was getting to dad. “I’m starting to feel like a rat in a maze,” he told me. He hated the way everything in Phoenix was so organized, with time cards, bank accounts, telephone bills, parking meters, tax forms, alarm clocks, PTA meetings, and pollsters knocking on the door and prying into your affairs.” (106) Their father

Money is the root of all evil, or at least that is many think about it. However, William Hazlitt believes the exact opposite. To him, money is a necessity that brings joy or if not, lack of money causes stress. In his essay, “On the Want of Money”, he conveys the extent to which it is horrible to be in want of money. To live in this world, one needs money to survive. Hazlitt stresses this point by using suggestive syntax, harsh diction and figurative language. He writes in a way that is matter-of-factly and unapologetic to emphasize the need for money and show what the lack of it looks like.

Being loved and cared for is what most people have grown up to know. “Rocking Horse Winner” by DH Lawrence is about a little boy who wants to make his mother happy. Lawrence uses money, the house, and the rocking-horse as symbols to convey the theme that greed destroys happiness. To start off, money symbolises happiness for a person. In the story it is said, “There must be more money!

At the beginning of the story, Paul greatly enjoys betting on horses in races. The partnership he has made with the family’s gardener, Bassett, is one that brings him much joy and excitement. Upon winning his first horse race in the presence of his uncle, Paul is described as being, “flushed” and, “curiously serene” (Lawrence). The betting on horses for Paul at this point in the story is purely for entertainment and fun. However, as the money problems in the family embed themselves more deeply into the psyche of the young boy, Paul feels compelled to win the races in order to provide for his struggling family. The pressure that is put on Paul causes him to lose any ability at predicting winners and the young boy eventually exhausts himself to death with the stress of the situation at hand. The lesson to be told here is that once an individual begins doing something for a purpose other than enjoyment, that is when things begin to fall

D. H. Lawrence tells a dramatic story about a young boy who seeks love and approval from his family, but because of materialism and greed he loses his life instead. In “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, the main character Paul wants love more than anything but eventually he succumbs to the same materialistic ways as his family. The family cares more about money than they do anything else. Paul is failed by several adults in the story, who are all greedy and seeking earthly goods.

The Psychological State of Paul “If you’re lucky you have money” (Lawrence 2) this is a lesson from a mother to her little boy which leads him to death. Paul who is a little boy is a major character in the short story “The Rocking- Horse Winner”. Neither his mother nor his father has the ability to provide love for him or for his brothers and sisters. The lack of love and the needs of more money make Paul to get the role of his father in his mother life.

Throughout the reading of the two short stories they are structured differently whereas, the ending is structured the same. Reading the “The Rocking-Horse Winner” it is easy to distinguish what is going on immediately. The only question you may have is why the house whispers and why the young boy is so lucky moreover this story is clearer than “The Lottery”. The structure of “The Lottery” have a very good attention-grabbing twist and you never find out why the residents of the town gamble with their lives by having a lottery. This story is not clear and leave you with a lot questions, whereas the “The Rocking-Horse Winner is very clear. At the ending of each short story they both end with majority of the questions answered, hence they still

Utilizing the literary approach of formalism in D.H Lawrence’s, “The Rocking-horse Winner”, I am analyzing four elements within the story including the conflict, protagonist, antagonist and point of view. Within the story “The Rocking-horse Winner”, by D.H Lawrence, there are two major conflicts present; an external conflict involving the family’s financial instability and an internal conflict involving Paul’s desire to please his mother. The external conflict is repeatedly mentioned throughout the story as a whisper within the family home, “There must be more money”. Heard constantly by the children within the home, they become aware of their mothers need to have a lifestyle above their means. The home itself proves to be a conflict for

In order to examine D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” it is important to consider literary elements such as the themes of appearance vs reality, man vs. human nature, and setting/description.

In some cases, money directly leads to unhappiness. The most commonly found example of money leading to unhappiness is debt. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens follows a boy named Pip throughout his life. As Pip ages, he inherits more and more wealth from a benefactor unbeknownst to him until he turns twenty three. Before he was twenty three however, Pip and his friend Herbert were sharing an apartment in London, trying to live like gentlemen. To match society’s description of gentlemen, Pip and Herbert had to live expensive lives. They bought expensive jewellery and clothing, and joined a gentlemen’s club known as the “Finches of the Grove.” By maximizing their expenditures without knowing when their next paycheck would arrive, Pip and Herbert accrued a large amount of debt. Despite this they kept spending

Humans often succumb to destructive temptations. Greed for money and material items blinds people, which causes them to ignore the decisions one should make in order to live ethically. D.H. Lawrence’s short story, “The Rocking Horse Winner,” explores the toxic greed contained within a British family.

Hester is money hungry suburban housewife who loves money so much, she shoves her family to the side. She lives in nice neighborhood with her husband and her children. Hester is always in the pursuit of more and more money because she wants other people to see that she lives lavishly and expensively. D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse winner” is a short story about the importance of true love and not substituting it for materialistic things. At the beginning, the son Paul thinks to himself that he has the luck to make money the money he believes is required to earn the love of their cold hearted mother. He starts riding his expensive rocking horse because he thinks he will learn how he can make money for his mother. He thinks that riding the toy horse will tell him the winning race horses. Paul then wants to bet money on the racehorses and miraculously wins, very large sums of money. He arranges for 5,000 pounds to be given to his mother on her birthday. Paul’s mother, without knowing Paul is the source for her newfound money, tells her son that he needs a break because he looks to be stressed out. She comes home late one night from a party to find Paul is aggressively riding his toy without listening to his mother’s advice. Paul falls off his rocking horse screaming “Malabar!” For multiple days Paul laid unconscious. He wakes up to find that Malabar had won the race and he has just won eighty thousand pounds but he then dies abruptly at the stories end. “The Rocking Horse