Luck Of The Devil In D.H. Lawrence's “The Rocking-Horse Winner” the mother’s lack of love, materialism, and her concern for status ultimately destroys her son. The mother married for love, rather than money, but it faded over time. Not even her children could fill the void in her heart where love was meant to be. This “troubled” her and made her all the more tender and concerned for her children, “as if she loved them very much.” Only she knew that in the center of her heart was a place that could not feel love, not for anybody. Following her example, her son, Paul equates love with “luck” and money and begins his downward spiral into destruction. Paul attempts to make his mother happy by giving her $1,000 every year for five years on her
