“Araby” and “the Rocking Horse Winner” are modernist short stories. “Araby” is a story that uses the first person narrator, written by James Joyce. It was published in 1914. The story is about a young boy’s first love in Ireland. The teenage love between a young boy who lives amongst blindness and darkness all along and a young girl, Mangan 's sister, is his neighbor. These surrounding give the boy rise to attempting for reaching love; It represents light in this position. However, it ends by hopeless; He realizes that his goal for her which is his feel of love, is just an enchantment, and it is a futile wish. So, he does not achieve his goal because he has a moment of epiphany. “The Rocking-Horse Winner” is a story by D. H. Lawrence, written
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At the beginning of the story the narrator characterizes the mother who is beautiful, but she has no luck because she married for love. She has children, who are Paul and his two younger sisters. She does not have the feel of love to her children, “Everybody else said of her: “She is such a good mother. She adores her children.” Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew it was not so. They read it in each other’s eyes,” (517). The narrator shows the reflection of Paul’s mother that she is unsympathetic who builds up painfulness in their children’s heart. The narrator also tells Paul’s family background that they live an affluent family’s lifestyle, but they don’t have enough money for the social position because his parent has small incomes. It is a problem that makes they feel anxious in the house. The problem motivates Paul’s parent and Paul to make more money. They have the same goal but distinct result; His parent needs more money because they want to keep their family lifestyle to be the way they depict, but Paul’s goal is to make more money because he needs to afford for his family and needs to win his mother’s love. The mother makes Paul becomes awake. She tells Paul that they are the poor members of the family because his father has no luck. She encourages Paul’s feeling, she says, “If you’re lucky you have money… But if you’re luck, you will always get more money,” (518). After that, Paul tells his mother that he is a lucky person, but his mother does not believe him. It makes he starts his journey and tries to achieve his goal, and his mother will believe that he is a lucky person. He bets on horse races and makes a lot of money. He gives his mother a birthday present, which is all his winning money, through his family lawyer. His mother pushes more pressure upon him;
At the beginning of the story the narrator characterizes the mother who is beautiful, but she has no luck because she married for love. She has children, who are Paul and his two younger sisters. She does not have the feel of love to her children, “Everybody else said of her: “She is such a good mother. She adores her children.” Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew it was not so. They read it in each other’s eyes,” (517). The narrator shows the reflection of Paul’s mother that she is unsympathetic who builds up painfulness in their children’s heart. The narrator also tells Paul’s family background that they live an affluent family’s lifestyle, but they don’t have enough money for the social position because his parent has small incomes. It is a problem that makes they feel anxious in the house. The problem motivates Paul’s parent and Paul to make more money. They have the same goal but distinct result; His parent needs more money because they want to keep their family lifestyle to be the way they depict, but Paul’s goal is to make more money because he needs to afford for his family and needs to win his mother’s love. The mother makes Paul becomes awake. She tells Paul that they are the poor members of the family because his father has no luck. She encourages Paul’s feeling, she says, “If you’re lucky you have money… But if you’re luck, you will always get more money,” (518). After that, Paul tells his mother that he is a lucky person, but his mother does not believe him. It makes he starts his journey and tries to achieve his goal, and his mother will believe that he is a lucky person. He bets on horse races and makes a lot of money. He gives his mother a birthday present, which is all his winning money, through his family lawyer. His mother pushes more pressure upon him;