... everything to get more of something that they want, like money. When Paul got on his horse it was like he was the only one in the room. Lawrence described Paul's mad ride as: And he would slash the horse on the neck with the little whip he had asked Uncle Oscar for But Paul only gave a blue glare from his big, rather close-set eyes ... 's gambling but loses her son: My God, Hester, you"re eighty-odd thousand to the good, and a poor devil of a son to the bad. But, poor devil, poor devil, he's best gone out of a life where he rides his rocking horse to find a winner (Lawrence 417). D. H. L...

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... working women. In the following phase of caring for the child, more problems and tensions surface in the family providing greater impetus to avoid having children. Married couples who are both employed face the "time-crunch" that get worse with a new child in the family. According to the State of Working America by Lawrence Michelle and colleagues, during the 1980s when real wages declined, the families, to ... cope with this drop had to significantly increase the hours spent at work - "In 1998, an average middle-income married ... being poor"[Fischer, et. al, 1996: Pg. 90]. The lack of ...

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... of art, his years of dedication to acting shine nobly in the true-life drama Antwone Fisher. Up and coming costar Derek Luke plays Antwone Fisher, a young naval seaman, with an explosive temper. His volatile attitude lands him in jeopardy of being thrown out of the navy and in the hands of Jerome Davenport, (Washington) the naval psychiatrist. It's up to Dr. Davenport to give Antwone ... consider a nightmare. With any nightmare we do wake up. We deal with it and start the day. For some the nightmare takes longer to end which in turn, takes us longer to wake up. For Antwone Fisher, his n...

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... 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 ... ...

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... in class, I have chosen to analyze "The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence because of the relation of the story and my home life. My family, especially my father's side has a history of gambling. My father and his brothers all depend on luck and superstition when gambling. My mother is the backbone of our family, she and I are the only one's who work, she does not ... I try to help relieve my mother's stress by working and paying bills. D.H. Lawrence's "The Rocking-Horse Winner," is a story about a boy's attempt to buy his mother's love. The story represents the effects of greed, secre...

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... married. She was so self-absorbed she failed to recognize the emotional damage she has done to the child uttering those remarks. Lawrence describes this character as defining luck in money, possessions, and appearances. Lawrence points to a seemingly loving normal gesture by the uncle and the gardener in the story spending time with Paul. But on the other hand they are teaching Paul how to deceive and ... gamble. The uncle and gardener only seem to care about the insight they think ... Paul has to picking a winner at the horse races for personal gain. Paul gives ... ...

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... her mother forces her to dress up and brought her out. They walked for about 10 miles until they reach a public bus station. The bus destination is a local train station in Lawrence town. Although, Jem is a bit worried about her father and her 4 brothers because they didnt notice that mom and her left, ... but she isnt brave enough to ask her mom for the reason why they have to left for a while. She never ride a train before because they cant afford to ride the ... cant live a day without them, since all the housework is being done by the females. They both travelled to Halifax, which is...

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... Horse Winner People need money to live, and enough to buy the basic goods one needs to survive, but everybody wants more money. More money means an easier life. The more money one has, the more money one wants, as is shown in the story, "The Rocking Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence. At the beginning of this story the family did not have enough money to support their opulent lifestyle ... . Mr. Lawrence illustrates their situation like this: "Although they lived in style they felt always an ... be more money. Oh, now, now-w! Now-w-w-there must be more money-more than ever!" (p. 169) The f...

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... relate to. It is uplifting to see someone with a troubled past end up a better person than before. In Antwone Fisher, Antwone suffered through a lot when he was younger, he was given up as a child, raised by an abusive foster mother and raped by his foster mothers daughter when he was only 8 years old. He ran away after that and as he became older ... , he was able to turn his life around and actually enjoy it. Similarly, lady in blue, in Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, was raped by one of her friends whom she thought she could tru...

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... 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 Paul determines that luck is what it takes to win, or rather "earn-, his mother's love. Paul is unsatisfied with the ... 's great unhappiness and stumbles upon what she values most. In response to an innocent inquiry concerning mode of transportati...

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... that innocence cannot survive when confronted with greed and selfishness. First the theme is shown through the corruption of Paul, which ultimately led to the more horrifying of his death. This story proves to be Lawrence's strongest indictment of materialism, and the strongest demonstration of the incompatibility of the love of money and the love of human beings. Paul is a symbol of innocence. He is a child, and, through ... all, Oscar has no need for any more money. He is the family member with the car, and at no time are we told of Oscar gambling out of pure necessity. He knows of Pa...

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... ribs and hip-bones) of their parents, who are the foes of each other. The loins are fatal because in the end it is the parents who are the cause of their death. I think the last part of the line shows that Romeo and Juliet were meant for each other, it was in their stars (just like star signs eg Aquarius) and their fate that they were going ... will now see, in full detail for two hours. This makes the audience think that if this much has happened in the prologue, the play must be amazing, so captures their attention. This format is used a lot; feeding the audience information a bit at ...

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... family. For instance, when he finally sees his family, he holds his father and holds his son's hand. Yet, later when his wife is missing, Aeneas "turns back alone into the city" seeking his wife. Aeneas can be seen on his "endless quest form door to door" for his wife. His search was eventually put to a halt when his wife's ghost ... appeared to tell him that she was dead and to go on. Thus, Aeneas would have not ceased his search, if the ghost had not appeared. The most important factor that classifies Aeneas as a true hero is the fact that he leads his people to a new home. While bein...

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The Rocking-Horse Winner ----- D.H Lawrence. Paul's parents value money most in life. Hester, Pauls mother, exemplifies her feelings when her children are around. She always felt the centre of her heart go hard. "Only she herself knew that at the centre of her heart was a hard little place that could not feel love, no, not for anybody." (pg 236) The children see in her eyes the ... thousand pounds, all she wanted was more. Paul could never satisfy her, and this drove him to his insanity of betting on horses. The gift of five thousand pounds wasn't even enough to get their family out of debt. H...

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... extended family, saying, "Our son will one day become a prominent attorney." Although I wish this to be true, I have doubt in myself. Can I really be that star that shines brighter than any other? My family believes in the Jewish faith, and they believe that I should marry within my faith. However, I have a girlfriend who comes from a Christian family. I am forced into a dilemma; should I listen ... that I have to face in the near future. Can my parents accept who she is, or will I have to abandon my love, for the sake of my parents? People often make mistakes; some try to correct them,...

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... in Georgia. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1965, and taught in various schools including Yale, and Wellesley. In addition to publishing fiction, poetry, and biography that rewarded her with a Guggenheim fellowship in 1977, she received a wall book award nomination. She has published multiple books including "The Color Purple," which was made into a movie that won the academy award for 1985. Her ... her sister and her mother (Mrs. Johnson) who values some objects not for their artistic values but because they remind them of there loved ones. The author reveals the theme of ...

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... time the spring comes, he makes the same mistake: returning to his parents house. When Biff was in high school, he envisioned a scholarship to the University of Virginia by playing football. However, like his neighbour said, Biff did not have the grades to go to University. Willie taught his sons the wrong ... things; rather than intelligence, he taught them to look good and be popular. Throughout the film, Willie has to live with the fact that he is the ... images from his golden age. In this golden age, Biff was a star football player, his sons were handsome and popular, and he had a ...

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... 3,000 years ago. His father was Pharaoh Akhenaton and his mother was Kiya. His mother died giving birth to him and his father died when he was ten making him the youngest Pharaoh ever. He had many people who said who is this ruler that we should obey? He is just a boy! He ruled Egypt and along side him was his ... , she was his half-sister Ankhesenamen. There was an evil man named vizier, Aye he was very powerful in Egypt. He wanted to be king, he told the young Pharaoh what to do and the young pharaoh trusted him, but Aye should not have been trusted. After 7 years of Tutankhamen ruling...

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"The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence, is about the responsibility of greed. The more money they get, the more they need it. But they need it and yet they want more of it to satisfy their own needs. But with greed everything comes with a price. The family was very low on money, and yet they lived in a decent house with servants, just so they can keep up with ... the social ... winnings and never remembered that he was lucky. Oscar Cresswell, the uncle of Paul, came by one day to visit. His spark of greed came alive at the moment Paul said his horse's name, the rocking horse he got for...

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... of what I have experienced in life due to my family members and my relationships with my friends. The reason that I chose to do my project about the relationships I have with my family and friends is due to the fact that without them I would not be the same person today. My family has gone through many rough spots but we always get through are struggles ... because we are very supportive of each other. I have become a supportive person because of the issues that I have dealt with in my life. I never thought that families can grow without marriages, births, deaths, or anything like that ...

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... the children's mother,". This is the first introduction to the mother in the story, who appears throughout the story to be indifferent to everything going on around her. She does however get a reaction from the children, June Star and John Wesley, as they challenge her to stay home if she wants to. The children's disregard to their grandmother's feelings is ignored by both of the parents, and allows a glimpse of the ... grandmother's point of view. The first hint of unsettling just below the surface of this story, is when grandmother is the first one in the car the next morning, wearing...

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... is a story that puts an African American woman named Carmen in care of the child of a white family, despite the fact that she already has a son of her own to take care. Carmen has to sacrifice looking after her own son, while she watches over a white child so ... she can make enough money to support her own family. Carmen has been with Francoise, the white child, ever since she was a few months and cares for her like her own, but despite that she faces not wanting to go to work quite often because she ... has to make a choice between going to work and staying home because her son Hecto...

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... 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 nat...

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... his dresser. Every other step he took he stepped on some sort of toy or piece of garbage that had been in his room for weeks. He pulled out the yellow painted chipped drawer and started getting dressed. Immediately after, he remembered that he needed to count his money. He rushed over to his closer door. "Two, ... four, six, eight, nine, ten. Aw man! I need two more dollars until I can get my special Goldfish from Fish-A-Lot." Sean said. He trampled down the stairs to ask his mother if he could go to Mrs. Johnson's after church to mow her lawn. She said yes because she knew how much ...

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... a mother tells a child every night before bed they love them, that could be comforting in the dark of the night. It also shows a child's affection. Also, when a mother puts a child need before her needs, it shows how the parent goes without to make sure her child have what they need to survive. Ms. Kathy ... without asking for permission from his mother. Sarah grounded her son from using his cell phone, and put a bright lime green sticky note on the front door saying, "Jason can't not come outside for a month ". Even though she loves her son, she has to show him it ... attending a child'...

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