Misinterpretation Of Luck And Money In The Rocking Horse Winner

When we are growing up, no matter who you are, your parents or someone you looked up to and gave you advice and tried to direct you in a good direction. We are young and think that since these people are older they know what they are talking about. But do these people have too much influence on you and your life? Think about it sure when you’re young you need advice but there comes a time when you take it to literally. In the Rocking Horse Winner Paul is heavily influenced by luck and money. Both of these eventually lead to his death. No I’m not saying don’t take peoples advice but not all of it is how that person means it. These people want what’s best for us but sometimes it comes out differently than they meant. In D.H. Lawrence’s Rocking Horse Winner there are three major themes; lust, greed, and misinterpretation of advice. In this short story, Paul’s parents lust after money and lavish things. It’s not like they don’t have good jobs or that they are broke. They have money but they spend it on the best presents, furniture, and worldly items. This lust for money ends up killing one of their children. “As his mother rea it, her face hardened and became more expressionless. Then a cold, …show more content…
She makes it sound like luck has everything to do with life and how it will go. She is just trying to address this topic appropriately to a kid of his age. This “advise” leads to Paul’s death. “Is luck money, mother? No Paul. Not quite. It’s what causes you to have money.” (Rocking Horse Winner) How many times have we gotten advise from someone we love and trust but it is misinterpreted? This can change our life and sometimes have bad conseques. This isn’t just with money but with anything in our lives. There comes a time when advice is good but we need to make our own choices and want to go our own