The main themes in "The Rocking-Horse Winner" are the pursuit of love and luck. Both of the main characters in "The Rocking-Horse Winner," the mother and Paul, are in pursuit of love. First the mother marries for love, and the love fades. She gains children from her marriage, but she can not love them. Nowhere in her life can she find love. She rejects the closest thing to love, her young son Paul. Her feelings toward her children, especially Paul, are exemplified when her children are around. She feels the centre of her heart go hard. Everyone thought of her as a great mother who loved her children, but only she knew that her heart was a hard little place that could not feel love for anyone, not even her children who desperately need it. Success for the mother is acquiring more wealth to hide her inadequacies. Their family was poor, although they didn't appear to be. The mother spent the money that they had and more at times. It is human nature to want more. Paul had a conversation with his mother about luck. From this talk he decides that her love is to be bought with luck. To her luck is something that brings money; if you are lucky you can keep the money. Paul assumes if he would get lucky and give her money, she would become happy. Her happiness would then succeed into love for him, or so he thought. His mother became greedier than ever, she cared more about money than loving her son.
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...
