The story "The Rocking-Horse Winner" written by D. H. Lawrence tells of a young boy named Paul who tries to win his mother's affection by giving her that which she seems to want more than anything else, MONEY.
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Paul decided that to please his mother he would prove to her that he was indeed lucky. So he went and searched for the "luck" inside himself. He would get on his rocking-horse and ride it wildly while his two sisters would play with dolls in the nursery. Paul knew that his rocking-horse would be able to take him to where there was luck if he only forced it. Soon Paul began to see the names of horses in his head. It turned out the names he saw where horses who won races. He devised a plan with Bassett to bet on horse races and give his winnings to his mother. As Paul began to outgrow his rocking-horse he felt ashamed of his mother knowing that he was still riding it so he would do it in secret. When Paul had plenty of money, he decided on giving five thousand pounds of it to his mother in hopes of making her feel happy and lucky. The money was to be paid out one thousand pounds at a time on her birthday for five years. He told his uncle to that he did not want his mother to know where the money really came …show more content…
The family house became haunted by the phrase "There must be more money! There must be more money!" Paul thought that he might be able to stop it by his winning money but the voice just seemed to get more intense. When Paul's mother got her hands on the five thousand pounds the voices in the house went insane. They would scream "There must be more money! Oh-h-h; there must be more money. Oh now, now-w! Now-w-w--there must be more money!--There must be more money!--more than ever! More than ever!" This frightened Paul. In his quest to find luck, Paul had become a gambler at a very young age. Paul had paid the price of losing out on his childhood in order to try and give his mother money. A child shouldn't have to miss out on his youth because of his mother's obsession with having more money. Paul's mother paid an even greater price, she lost her only son. Paul died from what seemed like exhaustion from riding his rocking-horse for too long. In the end, Hester found out why Paul was riding his rocking-horse and she must of felt horrible that her son had died trying to please
Paul decided that to please his mother he would prove to her that he was indeed lucky. So he went and searched for the "luck" inside himself. He would get on his rocking-horse and ride it wildly while his two sisters would play with dolls in the nursery. Paul knew that his rocking-horse would be able to take him to where there was luck if he only forced it. Soon Paul began to see the names of horses in his head. It turned out the names he saw where horses who won races. He devised a plan with Bassett to bet on horse races and give his winnings to his mother. As Paul began to outgrow his rocking-horse he felt ashamed of his mother knowing that he was still riding it so he would do it in secret. When Paul had plenty of money, he decided on giving five thousand pounds of it to his mother in hopes of making her feel happy and lucky. The money was to be paid out one thousand pounds at a time on her birthday for five years. He told his uncle to that he did not want his mother to know where the money really came …show more content…
The family house became haunted by the phrase "There must be more money! There must be more money!" Paul thought that he might be able to stop it by his winning money but the voice just seemed to get more intense. When Paul's mother got her hands on the five thousand pounds the voices in the house went insane. They would scream "There must be more money! Oh-h-h; there must be more money. Oh now, now-w! Now-w-w--there must be more money!--There must be more money!--more than ever! More than ever!" This frightened Paul. In his quest to find luck, Paul had become a gambler at a very young age. Paul had paid the price of losing out on his childhood in order to try and give his mother money. A child shouldn't have to miss out on his youth because of his mother's obsession with having more money. Paul's mother paid an even greater price, she lost her only son. Paul died from what seemed like exhaustion from riding his rocking-horse for too long. In the end, Hester found out why Paul was riding his rocking-horse and she must of felt horrible that her son had died trying to please