As an important image, the rocking-horse in the short story plays a vital role symbolically and thematically. It bears different symbolic meanings as the story goes, revealing the changes of the protagonist's inner world, and deepens the theme, intensifying the irony.
The symbolic meaning of the rocking-horse varies with the development of the plot. When the "shining modern rocking-horse" makes its entrance at Christmas along with other "expensive and splendid" toys, it stands for vanity. In order to keep up their social position and maintain superiority over anyone in the neighborhood, the household struggles to live an elegant life with a small income and regularly spends beyond their means. The financial trouble doesn't prevent the parents from buying fancy gifts, including the rocking-horse to fill the nursery at Christmas as other upper –class families do. Therefore, their vanity finds expression in the rocking-horse which in turn aggravates the anxiety in the house. The haunting and unspoken phrase, "There must be more money" keeps whispering from the spring of the rocking-horse, always reminding the protagonist Paul the shortage of money. In this sense, the rocking-horse also symbolizes endless greed.
After the conversation with his mother Hester about luck and money, Paul is eager to convince her of his luck to gain her attention and affection. However, as a little boy, Paul was not able to earn a significant amount of money to please her mother, so he can do nothing but ride the rocking-horse furiously. In this case, the rocking-horse is a symbol of Paul's frustration and helplessness. No matter how hard he forces the horse or slashes it with the whip, the wooden horse is only swaying back and forth, impossible to bring him to the place where there is luck, just like it is not possible for Paul at that time to do anything practical to satisfy his mother's desires.
The dictionary difine winner as "achieving victory over others in a competition, receiving a prize or reward for achievement". ... With determination I got over my fear of dead animals and it made me a winner. Considering the fact that I am now attending college makes me a winner. ...
In life, winners are those that are tenacious and pursue their goals, and losers are those that don't attempt to make an effort at all. ... People consider winners to be super intelligent and losers to be really lazy, but this may not always be the case. ... The winners are those who work diligently every step of the way and stay resilient even when they do not succeed. ... Armed with this view, I consider winners to be those that play all the cards they are dealt in life in an outstanding way, taking up all challenges logically, and not fearing to get up after failing. ... Hard work and ...
Lawrence's short story, "The Rocking-Horse Winner,"" we see a child with many problems. ... Eventually, Paul decides that he has indeed found luck, and, when riding his rocking horse, is able to tell the winner of an upcoming horse race. He strikes a deal with the family gardener, Basset, to be his partner, and together they bet on the races that Paul "knows- the winner of. ... He no longer knows any of the winners, and so, as with a gambling addiction, he becomes overwrought and unable to sleep for worry about his failure. ... While on the horse, Paul knows that the winner of the Derby i...
In the story "The Rocking-Horse Winner" he mostly used symbolism in the whole story. ... In this story the Lawrence describes the surroundings in sight, smell, noise and physical sense whereas The Rocking Horse Winner is only using a little sight, a little noise and emotional sense. ... Paul rides a rocking-horse, until something somehow tells him the winner of a horse race. ...
Lawrence's short story, "The Rocking Horse Winner," is a prime example of an author cleverly applying this theoretical approach to the creation of a story. ... "The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a story about a young boy who is desperately searching for luck and money in order to please his unhappy mother. ... The theme of "The Rocking Horse Winner" indicates the influence parents have on their children, according to the theory. ... All in all, "The Rocking Horse Winner" bears a striking resemblance to Lacan's view on the Psychoanalytic theory. ... "The rocking horse winner." ...
A True Winner On Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea Abstract: Ernest Hemingway, a famous American writer, is considered as one of the most important and outstanding writers of the 20th century in the world. ... Key words: Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, true winner Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961) is regarded as a 20th century's important and outstanding writer in the world. ... The old man is worthy of the title "true winner" because "A true winner, should be the perfect combination of self-confidence and steadfastness." ... Before he has a chance to enjoy being a winner, the ...
Greed in The Rocking Horse Winner People need money to live, and enough to buy the basic goods one needs to survive, but everybody wants more money. ... The more money one has, the more money one wants, as is shown in the story, "The Rocking Horse Winner" by D. ... (p. 169) The family, especially the mother, always wanted more money in the story "The Rocking Horse Winner" by D. ...
?The Rocking-horse Winner? By D. H. Lawrence ?The Rocking-horse Winner? is a story based on a child who needed to be lucky. Throughout the story different point of view techniques were used which made the story much more believable and interesting. The author used these techniques often, a...
