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This essay will examine the anxieties of the central characters in “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence in addition to parents’ influence on their children’s anxieties. The mother of the titular Rocking-Horse Winner, Hester, immensely desires wealth. She overspends when she has wealth, and her monetary anxiety haunts the house, personifying itself through whispers of: “There must be more money.” Her desires are never satisfied – the more she has, the more her anxiety increases. This is…

quite frankly say just for fun, and because I liked to. Over the years, horses and the whole equine world became something more to me; I have been at many different barns and each exposed me to different things--many honorable role models, a couple atrocious role models, forever friends and connections, life values, respect, and the importance of a balance between the fun and seriousness. If you asked me now why I ride horses, the answer would be that it has impacted how I live my life. For…

face and my sweat dripping down my neck. I urged my horse on towards the final jump. Right before we would have hit it, his leg muscles tightened and he pushed off, just like we had practiced so many times before. We flew over the jump and landed with a solid thump. The spectators in the stands erupted. The clapping and cheering was deafening but it was exactly what we had earned. The three day event was well worth all the training that my horse and I had put into it. Eventing is a thrilling…

Well my horse did exactly that when he threw me off and broke my wrist. I was so angry and upset at him, I just wanted to get rid of him. I didn’t work him for 3 months and had to retrain him under saddle. I am glad today I didn’t give up on him and decide to get help in retraining him. When I look back at the first time I fell off my horse and broke my wrist, I wonder why it took so long for me to get back on and ride again. It was September 2011 and my father told me about a horse my aunt…

Horses have been a significant part of my life for as long as I can remember. At the young age of three, my horse-enthralled mother already had me in the saddle. However, my passion for horses did not take off from here. I willingly spent days with my mom at the barn and participated in local shows, only to set aside my equestrian aspirations for seven years to pursue ice skating. After this, however, I returned to the equestrian community, and dove head first. Throughout my life, horses have…

I have spent most of my life surrounded by horses, cows, and goats. I have been stepped on, thrown off horses, penned up against gates, had surgery, traveled to different states, I am even on TV and have more pieces of flesh missing from my legs than I care to remember. It is just how rodeo is there are risks every time someone steps into the rodeo arena. I have many all-around titles and various awards from rodeo. I also have my own personal trainer that I go to, to help me with competing. I…

view, both the stories The Georges and the Jewels by Jane Smiley, and Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell develop their characters through first person point of view. The Georges and the Jewels is a story in perspective of a little girl named Abby, who has had both the good and the bad with horses. She has been thrown off of her…

place that would go on to change my path in life. Having ridden horses most of my life and acting as a ranch hand for my grandfather, this seemed like the perfect fit for me. I had never heard of Therapeutic Riding before…

The Day I Became More Courageous and Learned To Face My Fears I was sitting in the ambulance at the MHJA horse show in Ohio. “Can you move your eyes back and forth?” The nurse had asked me. I did as I was told. The nurse was listing many symptoms that she thought I might have, if I had a concussion. “I’m going to shine a light in your eyes, and all you need to do is look at me,” She said with a concerning voice. They said I appeared to be dazed, and I had late responses. That was the last…

Horses are an important animal that people have been familiar with throughout the years. Even today, horses are still participating in people’s daily life. Many years ago, horses were one of the first transportations before the first car came out; horses were also good comrades with warriors. Horses have a strong relationship with human life, and human life is an important theme in art. For this reason, artists love to use horses in artworks throughout history. Artists use horses as the subject…