David Herbert Lawrence wrote many important stories. In several of his stories he uses symbolism, secrecy, and sexuality in families. In the story "The Rocking-Horse Winner" he mostly used symbolism in the whole story. The story has a very significant part to demonstrate how the parents are bad to their children. 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. He used many different objects to be symbolizes. Some symbols that might define as lucky and money are used in the story are the following: Lawrence background, signs of symbolism, fascination of money, and .
Although Paul is just a young boy, he is curious and realizes that his Mother and Father keep secrets from each other and his Mother quite bitterly but finely tells her son that she does not love his Father.
The houses came to be haunted by the unspoken phrase "there must be more money" continually because the Mother and Father lived a lavish lifestyle but were unable to fund this habit without money worries; they struggle to maintain their position. This money, as everyone knows, will bring happiness, security, and success. For every time the exact phrase was heard the boy struggles to find an answer for it, so he always goes to his room and rides his rocking wooden horse. Paul rides a rocking-horse, until something somehow tells him the winner of a horse race.
Character Analysis Of Paul's Mother In "The Rocking Horse Winner". ... Lawrence depicts Paul's mother in "The Rocking Horse Winner". ... As a result, the mother's character in the "Rocking Horse Winner" is portrayed as deceitful. ... Furthermore, a possible analysis of the mother's character is that she is spoiled when she is a child. ...
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." ...
Many critics have exhaustively criticized Lawrence's "The Rocking-Horse Winner- by reading too far into his vocabulary, resulting in themes ranging from Oedipal love to demonic worship. However, they have overlooked Lawrence's analysis of capitalist society. ... In "The Rocking-Horse Winner" Lawrence explores the theme of criticizing money and relationships in a capitalist society. ... The mother generates an enormous amount of anxiety on her and passes it down to Paul who then rides the rocking horse to alleviate his anxiety but obtaining the winning horses name thus being able to...
"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. ... This knowledge allows Paul to gamble on horse races. ... Readers realize that Paul rides a rocking-horse, until something somehow tells him the winner of a horse race. ... He has ridden his rocking-horse for the last time, and earned a significant amount of money for his mother, thereby showing her that he is, in fact, lucky. ... The last line of the story is Paul's uncle telling his mother, "...he's best gone out of a life where he rides ...
Lawrence depicts Paul's mother in "The Rocking Horse Winner". ... As a result, the mother's character in the "Rocking Horse Winner" is portrayed as deceitful. ... Furthermore, a possible analysis of the mother's character is that she is spoiled when she is a child. ...
Lawrence's "The Rocking- Horse Winner" is a story about luck. ... I think that it is this realization that leads him to ride the rocking horse in that manner that he does. ... Paul did find luck but in a rather unusual way, which was to ride like a mad-man on a rocking horse he received from his parents. ... It was in these furious rides that Paul would learn the winner of the horse races, and it only happened in these rides that Paul would learn the winner. ... It appears that towards the end of the story Paul is completely engrossed in finding the winner of the horse races. ...
Paul learns that by riding his wooden rocking horse he is able to know which horse is going to win the race at the track. ... While Paul is on his rocking horse, he is able to predict the winners of horse races. ... Thanks to the information he is receiving from his rocking horse, Paul; seems to know the name of the winning horse and when he is for sure. ... He would ride the rocking horse constantly, working himself into a wild frenzy. ... In The Rocking-Horse Winner, D. ...
The short stories discussed within this paper are; I want to know why by Sherwood Anderson, The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. ... The Rocking Horse Winner' is a simple moral story that asserts the dangers of materialism, through the use of an innocent child. ... He may have found the winner of the races but the wisdom that he gains through his wooden rocking horse resides in the sobering morale of the story . ... In the Rocking Horse Winner' and I Want To Know Why', both children had a strong bond with a horse or horses. ... Throughout the Rocking Horse Winner' Paul c...
Out of all the stories that we have read in class, I have chosen to analyze "The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. ... Lawrence's "The Rocking-Horse Winner," is a story about a boy's attempt to buy his mother's love. ... The rocking horse is the device that Paul uses to attain his wealth. ... Lastly the source of his luck, the rocking horse. ... In conclusion, "The Rocking-Horse Winner," was a story that explored the themes of love as well as greed, secrecy, the fall of innocence and the consequences of these actions. ...
