In D.H. Lawrence's "The Rocking Horse Winner", symbolism is used to reveal conflicts between Paul and his mother to the reader. ... In "The Rocking Horse Winner", D.H. ... In this quote, Lawrence also refers to the rocking horse as a wooden horse. ... Now when Lawrence refers to the rocking horse as wooden, he symbolizes the toy horse as being Paul. ...
In the short story "The Rocking Horse Winner," D.H. Lawrence uses his characters as symbols in support of the theme, that innocence cannot survive when confronted with greed and selfishness. ... But when he finds out that his nephew is picking the winners, he gets in on the bets himself. ... Kaplan says, "The story is a brilliant study in the sustained use of symbolism to suggest with bold economy the death-dealing consequences of the substitution of money for love" (1973). ... But Oscar himself sums it up beautifully when he says, "He's best gone out of a life where he rides h...
The plot in The Rocking-Horse Winner by D. ... Lawrence is an excellent writer and The Rocking-Horse Winner is a prime example of the talent that he has. The beginning of "The Rocking Horse Winner" gives the reader a sense of fantasy. ... In the end Paul dies, searching for the winner of the Derby through the night on his rocking horse. ... D.H. ...
