Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Lucky Paul in The Rocking Horse Winner :: Rocking Horse Winner

Lucky Paul in The Rocking Horse Winner   The rocking horse winner by D.H. Lawrence is a striking story about a little boy, Paul who secretly rides his rocking horse to pick the winning horse in the various horse races that took place. by and by the beginning of the story, there is a short parley mingled with Paul and his mother about destiny, and it was the conversation that started the whole dramatic episode which lead to Pauls death. The conversation between Paul and his mother, the phrase that is constantly heard in the house and the rocking horse itself are the main ideas covered in the scope of this paper. The dialogue between Paul and his mother is mainly about luck and how a person lavatory get money if such a person is successful. From the story, the reader should be aware of Hesters crave for money and her high-ticket(prenominal) taste, therefore, it is not surprising when she talks her son into believing that luck brings money. We could also establish at thi s point that the family is at least living comfortably, meaning they were not very poor They lived in a pleasant house, with a garden, and they had discreet servants. Pauls mother tells him that his father is not lucky and because of this, she is no longer a lucky woman. The conversation ends with Paul believing that he is a lucky boy, and the action he takes in finding this luck is what brings his demise in the end. The phrase there must be more money was mentioned in the story over ten times. The phrase symbolizes the insatiable intrust the family has for money. In the early parts of the story the phrase was being heard by the children, and they knew that they heard it but none of them said anything about it. The reader can also conclude that the phrase also pushed Paul into the act he was doing to make all the money. The reader would notice from the story that the phrase grows louder when Pauls mother had monomania of the five thousand pounds that was given to her by Paul, even though she did not know the money was from Paul ...and Pauls mother touched the whole five thousand. then something curious happened. The voices in the house suddenly went mad. As if thirsting for more money the phrase grows louder because Pauls mother has spent all the money to satisfy her expensive taste.

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