On of the major themes in this story is Wealth.”The Rocking-Horse Winner” is about the psychological trauma brought upon this young boy in his desperate desire to have money. The mother and father, who are not wealthy, aspire to have have a social standing and luxurious lifestyle that they cannot afford. Everything from self-worth to love is measured by money in this family, and the resulting emotional underdevelopment has calamitous effects on the children. The mother is very materialistic in this story. What we learn in the story is that people are more important than things. This is something the mother loses sight of in her hunger for money and her yearning to maintain her social standing. She says she has no luck yet all the advantages.
