fell with a crash to the ground,” and was knocked unconscious. As Paul lay ill with brain fever, Bassett comes to visit and informs Paul that he was indeed right. for Malabar had won the Derby. Paul becomes coherent long enough to have a conversation with his mother telling her that he is indeed lucky, and that it was all due to his precious rocking horse. Unfortunately, the night after that conversation, Paul dies leaving his mother eighty thousand pounds. During the course of this story, luck and gambling are common themes that are very intertwined. They play a large and important role in the story, all the way to the end when Paul dies. While Paul’s desire for wealth may not be for himself, he still displays a great desire for it. His motivation for starting to gamble is for two reasons: To prove to his mother that he is indeed lucky and to stop the house from whispering that there must be more money. He asks his mother what luck is, and informs her that he is lucky. Upon discovering that he can ride his rocking horse and discover the winner of a certain horse race will be, he begins to bet on them, and the real trouble begins. After he initially begins to win, he steadily becomes consumed with it, and shows the signs of being addicted to the irresistible thrill of gambling. He spends most of him time discussing it, bets increasing amounts of money, seems to enjoy it immensely, and becomes almost like a different child when his winning streak falters. As earlier stated in this paper, these are all classic signs of a gambling addiction. Although it must be said that his addiction ended his

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