The Winning Thought
(Three Messages from The Rocking Horse Winner) When Rocking Horse Winner was written it was written in third person point of view, which means that the narrator doesn’t take part in the action. When D.H. Lawrence wrote this he really thought about how to make the reader question themselves and see if they may have acted like this at one point in time. Not only does it make them question themselves but it points out some very informational messages and themes that we can use in everyday life. This text raises a lot of questions about gambling but it also raises questions about healthy families and luck. How one person views luck can be entirely different than how another might view it. This brings out the many different definitions of each theme. Clearly, there were many messages shown throughout D.H. Lawrence’s Rocking Horse Winner. First of all, there is the main message of how one adult can crush a child’s dreams and completely change their character. This text made it obvious that parents can actually hurt their children without actually meaning to. Growing up and playing volleyball I was always told I would be too short to play and that I would never be good enough. This was by a coach who maybe didn’t realize she was crushing my dreams but with a coach being able to do it I can …show more content…
Lawrence’s Rocking Horse Winner. The author did a really good job of raising questions without actually asking them, he made us question everything we have been taught. The ending of this story is one that most people wouldn’t expect. I find it hard to believe that a mother wouldn’t have noticed the amount of stress she was putting on her son instead of just telling him that she was proud of him. The most important message to me about this text was that people can hurt each other without actually meaning to do it. Lawrence clearly does a good job of combining multiple different messages within a
(Three Messages from The Rocking Horse Winner) When Rocking Horse Winner was written it was written in third person point of view, which means that the narrator doesn’t take part in the action. When D.H. Lawrence wrote this he really thought about how to make the reader question themselves and see if they may have acted like this at one point in time. Not only does it make them question themselves but it points out some very informational messages and themes that we can use in everyday life. This text raises a lot of questions about gambling but it also raises questions about healthy families and luck. How one person views luck can be entirely different than how another might view it. This brings out the many different definitions of each theme. Clearly, there were many messages shown throughout D.H. Lawrence’s Rocking Horse Winner. First of all, there is the main message of how one adult can crush a child’s dreams and completely change their character. This text made it obvious that parents can actually hurt their children without actually meaning to. Growing up and playing volleyball I was always told I would be too short to play and that I would never be good enough. This was by a coach who maybe didn’t realize she was crushing my dreams but with a coach being able to do it I can …show more content…
Lawrence’s Rocking Horse Winner. The author did a really good job of raising questions without actually asking them, he made us question everything we have been taught. The ending of this story is one that most people wouldn’t expect. I find it hard to believe that a mother wouldn’t have noticed the amount of stress she was putting on her son instead of just telling him that she was proud of him. The most important message to me about this text was that people can hurt each other without actually meaning to do it. Lawrence clearly does a good job of combining multiple different messages within a