The wooden horse and even the fact that Paul is blessed can never satisfy the need for more money, because there is no stop in the pursuit of money. Paul is mentally troubles due to his determination to become beneficial. The wooden horse basically drives the child mad to an unhealthy state. Most children stop playing with their rocking horse at the age of four or five, but Paul is never able to grow up, because his wooden horse brings him to his deathbed, were he is not able to satisfy the family's wish for more money.
In addition to the rocking horse being a symbol of disappointment, the racetrack symbolizes how the family must experience frustration through cycle of their lives. The members of Paul's family are determined to obtain more money. Every time they gain more money, they spend it without caution, leaving them back once again without money. The race track symbolizes the continuous sequence. Paul's mother attempts to find many solutions to get her out of this dilemma. She and her husband both spend the money they earn on expensive materials, so they remain financially exhausted. "She racked her brains, and tried this thing and the other, but could not find anything successful" (200). The Mother, Hester, attempts to gain wealth, but her expensive taste keeps her in a rotation. Her son also has to experience the family's cycle, because after he wins the large sum of money from the horserace, he gives it to his mother, who in turn spends it on her wants instead of the family needs. For example, Hester furnishes the house with new materials, hires tutors, and sends her son to Eton. In all means some of these things are acceptable, but the fact remains that these earnings are not consistent. This sends Paul back on a quest to end the cycle by winning a fortune, but he loses his life over the anxiety. .
Furthermore, the names of the horses show symbolic characteristics of youth, hope, and determination through Paul.
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