Who to Blame:
(A discussion of where the responsibility of Paul’s death from The Rocking Horse Winner, should fall)
Ever watched a car crash in slow motion, the metal bending, twisting, and glass shattering? What were those people thinking in the last moments before impact? Who did they blame God, themselves, the other driver? Watching something like that causes you to cringe, but also look for answers. Where did it go wrong? This question isn’t driven by pure curiosity, rather self-preservation. In order to avoid a similar fate, you have to understand what the problem is. Sometimes it isn’t just one thing, but numerous factors that spell disaster. In The Rocking Winner by D. H. Lawrence a young boy named Paul tragically dies. Paul’s relationship …show more content…
A certain amount of accountability remains Paul’s because as much as those around him influence his decisions they are still his decisions. His mother is the reason he strives to acquire money and prove he’s lucky, his Uncle and Bassett don’t stop him when they could have, but Paul is the one that pushes too hard. He makes his own decisions mostly without the adults in his life really knowing what is going on. It wasn’t all Paul’s fault the people in his life take a lot of responsibility for what happens to him, but they can’t take all the responsibility away from him. He is the one who pursues the path that leads to his death, he rides his pony like a madman, and he is the one who gambles on the horses. Nobody really pushes him into or it or drives him to continue. The very last line of the story Paul’s uncle says to his mother, “My God, Hester, you’re eighty-odd thousand to the good, and a poor devil of a son to the bad. But, poor devil, poor devil, he’s best gone out of a life where he rides his rocking horse to find a winner.” These final lines make us think that Paul sold his soul to the devil, metaphorically or in
(A discussion of where the responsibility of Paul’s death from The Rocking Horse Winner, should fall)
Ever watched a car crash in slow motion, the metal bending, twisting, and glass shattering? What were those people thinking in the last moments before impact? Who did they blame God, themselves, the other driver? Watching something like that causes you to cringe, but also look for answers. Where did it go wrong? This question isn’t driven by pure curiosity, rather self-preservation. In order to avoid a similar fate, you have to understand what the problem is. Sometimes it isn’t just one thing, but numerous factors that spell disaster. In The Rocking Winner by D. H. Lawrence a young boy named Paul tragically dies. Paul’s relationship …show more content…
A certain amount of accountability remains Paul’s because as much as those around him influence his decisions they are still his decisions. His mother is the reason he strives to acquire money and prove he’s lucky, his Uncle and Bassett don’t stop him when they could have, but Paul is the one that pushes too hard. He makes his own decisions mostly without the adults in his life really knowing what is going on. It wasn’t all Paul’s fault the people in his life take a lot of responsibility for what happens to him, but they can’t take all the responsibility away from him. He is the one who pursues the path that leads to his death, he rides his pony like a madman, and he is the one who gambles on the horses. Nobody really pushes him into or it or drives him to continue. The very last line of the story Paul’s uncle says to his mother, “My God, Hester, you’re eighty-odd thousand to the good, and a poor devil of a son to the bad. But, poor devil, poor devil, he’s best gone out of a life where he rides his rocking horse to find a winner.” These final lines make us think that Paul sold his soul to the devil, metaphorically or in