... been discussed. The question is brought up by Socrates as to what use is love to mankind. Since love is initially the love of good and beautiful things, one always desires to have good and beautiful things, in order to create happiness. There is a story that goes along with this, that is that people in love are seeking their other half ... all men are pregnant, both in body and in soul. By this she is saying all men always have love inside them, and when they turn a certain age our nature desires us to love. Once again we cannot love an ugly thing only the beautiful. So when an individu...

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... want of a winner to prove that he possesses what his mother considers "luck-: the kind that results in having money. As Lawrence makes it plain for all to see Paul desires something beyond what he has, namely, his mother's love. His moods and behavior became directly linked to his pursuit of "luck- and acquiring money and it is not long before ... to acquiring her love! His father does not have her love because he is unlucky, but if he is lucky "he can have her love!! Perhaps it is this subconscious awareness that prompts him to declare, "I'm a lucky person", even though he himself didn...

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