On his way of hopefully granting his mother what she needs, Paul becomes overly consumed with stress on worries of money, which leads to his tragic demise. Throughout the story, Paul creates deductions and reaches conclusions on his mothers’ unhappiness, and achieving luck based off his strong suspicions and theories. To begin with, one of the first conscientious inference Paul makes within the story would be his mothers’ unhappiness and the financial stability of his family. Lawrence sets off his tale by first giving thorough background details behind the conflicting cause of all the misery that is to come, the mother. The mother is described as someone ‘who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck…” she and her husband have lavish and expensive tastes, and yet their income salary cannot afford to pay for all their wishes. Although they have a nice home and servants, their need to maintain a social status deprives them of happiness and haunts the house with whispers of “There needs to be more money!” Therefore, when her son Paul confronts her on his deduction that they never seem to have a car of their own, the mother responds carelessly and says that it is due
On his way of hopefully granting his mother what she needs, Paul becomes overly consumed with stress on worries of money, which leads to his tragic demise. Throughout the story, Paul creates deductions and reaches conclusions on his mothers’ unhappiness, and achieving luck based off his strong suspicions and theories. To begin with, one of the first conscientious inference Paul makes within the story would be his mothers’ unhappiness and the financial stability of his family. Lawrence sets off his tale by first giving thorough background details behind the conflicting cause of all the misery that is to come, the mother. The mother is described as someone ‘who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck…” she and her husband have lavish and expensive tastes, and yet their income salary cannot afford to pay for all their wishes. Although they have a nice home and servants, their need to maintain a social status deprives them of happiness and haunts the house with whispers of “There needs to be more money!” Therefore, when her son Paul confronts her on his deduction that they never seem to have a car of their own, the mother responds carelessly and says that it is due