The Rocking-Horse Winner

of Materialism over family of Mrs. Dickinson and Hester “To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible” – Marie Von Ebner – Eschenbach. The short story “Tears Idle Tears” written by Elizabeth Bowen, and “The Rocking – Horse Winner”, written by D.H Lawrence, possess main characters with similar characteristics. Both stories are written about a mother who does not show the usual emotions that a mother should towards her son. Mrs. Dickinson and Hester live what would…

This short story “The Rocking-Horse Winner” is told in 3rd person omniscient. This is obvious as the story is told by a narrator giving thoughts and statements by more than one character in the story. We hear and understand thoughts of Mother, Paul, Uncle Oscar, and many more. This is proven in the opening paragraph when we realized how the mother has felt and then we receive the opinion of others when stated “everybody else said she is such a good mother” and receive the thoughts of both her…

“The Rocking-Horse Winner” demonstrates the life-draining consequences of greed and its toxic effect on human relationships. Hester, the mother of three children, and her family live in a “pleasant house,” own “discreet servants,” and always purchase “expensive and splendid toys” for the children during Christmas. Although the family still owns enough money for basic necessities, Hester feels unsatisfied with the family’s income. She desires more money to not only satisfy her “expensive taste,”…

Although there are many symbols that could be addressed in D. H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” the most significant is actually the mother herself. Her son, Paul, is another symbol. In addition to Paul and his mother, Hester, eyes and religion are also important in the story. These symbols are used to show the themes of good versus evil and the seven deadly sins. There are various religious overtones in the story, starting with Paul telling his mother that God told him he was lucky and…

complex, after the story of Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles. The Oedipus complex and irony are used harmoniously in D.H. Lawrence’s short story, “The Rocking Horse Winner” and Sophocles’s play, Oedipus Rex, to reinforce the tragedy both main characters experience. Paul’s luck and his mother’s greed are the main focuses of the short story, “The Rocking Horse Winner,” by D.H. Lawrence. Paul’s family was never lucky, which his mother believed was the reason for their haunting poverty, “And so the…

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…

“The Rocking-Horse Winner” Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner” are two short stories that take place in the early to mid-1900’s that displays turmoil to characters and eventually takes them to their demise. Both stories were written in a plot with suspense, love, and tragedy. The authors arouse the reader’s curiosity and keeps them interested in the story because of the implied message that is being conveyed. “The Lottery” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner”…

"The Lottery" and "The Rocking Horse Winner" are two different pieces of ligature written. “The Lottery” and “The Rocking Horse Winner” are both short stories written by different authors. "The Lottery" was written by Shirley Jackson and "The Rocking Horse Winner" was written by D.H. Lawrence. "The Lottery was originally written in 1948 and published a couple months later. “The Rocking Horse Winner" was written in 1926 and published that same year. Though these two work of art in ligature were…

“The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence’s are very different stories, but both stories has similarities towards each other. They were both written by a British author, and they were written after the World Wars. In “The Destructors” Mr. Thomas was an architect with the only standing house in their town. Suddenly when the house starts to fall apart, Trevor and the gang put all their focus on the destruction of the house and it becoming a challenge for them. The boy in “The Rocking Horse…

young you need advice but there comes a time when you take it to literally. In the Rocking Horse Winner Paul is heavily influenced by luck and money. Both of these eventually lead to his death. No I’m not saying don’t take peoples advice but not all of it is how that person means it. These people want what’s best for us but sometimes it comes out differently than they meant. In D.H. Lawrence’s Rocking Horse Winner there are three major themes; lust, greed, and misinterpretation of advice. In…