The main themes in "The Rocking-Horse Winner" are the pursuit of love and luck. Both of the main characters in "The Rocking-Horse Winner," the mother and Paul, are in pursuit of love. First the mother marries for love, and the love fades. She gains children from her marriage, but she can not love them. Nowhere in her life can she find love. She rejects the closest thing to love, her young son Paul ... . 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 nature to want more. Paul had a conversation with his mother ab...

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... is willing to risk everything, even his life to try to earn his mothers" love. At the beginning of the story, the family is not happy since money is a big issue with them. To be successful in the society in which they lived, you had to have a certain amount of luck to be rich. "Why don't we keep a car of our own? Why do we always use ... he had to go on "rocking". He eventually knew who would win the big race but ended up dying during the night because he was so exhausted. His last words to his mother when he won were, "Mother, did I ever tell you? I am lucky" (Lawrence 508)! The recurr...

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According to Shakespeare's Let Me not to the Marriage of True Minds, when one is in love you must admit your faults. It is not love if you cannot get through a tough time in your relationship. If love is true, then both partners will stay true. Love is secure and constant; it will never change over time. It can guide you when you feel lost. If you feel that your love has gone astray, follow your heart; if it is meant to be, it will find a way back. Although no one can understand it, everyone goes the distance for love. Love is when you stick by that one person through thick and thin, no matter...

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... his uncle not to reveal his "luck- to his mother lest she stop him, he seeks gratification for his efforts. When his mother hid the letter from the lawyer revealing the "gift- payable on her birthday, Paul inquires: "Didn't you have anything nice in the post for your birthday, Mother?- But it was not forthcoming. The gift did not have the effect Paul was apparently hoping for. -Quite ... of living went up further beyond the family's means. The pressures increased and poor Paul needed to deliver on his luck. He had to be lucky "produce more money "because luck may yet bring his mothers l...

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... of gracious heart was John Proctor. He loved by those who knew him, trusted by those who came to understand his heart. Today is our chance to thank him for the way he brightened our lives. For I love my father I gladly will announce this speech on behalf of everyone. He was a wonderful man who lived his life upright and honest. Even ... though he committed lechery, it doesn't mean he wasn't a respectable and honourable man. He stood firm and strong in the witch court, while the judge went against him and accused him with false implications. And the others were lying by going against God...

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... characterized with winning money. But what if you had to pay the ultimate price, your life or the life of a loved one, in order to win. Would you still "play the game" if you knew a life was at stake? "The Rocking Horse Winner", by D.H. Lawrence, is an informative story about luck and one's own fortune. In this story, Lawrence attempts to illustrate how one can guide one ... Lawrence attempts to convey to the reader that success and luck are not something that one simply waits for to arrive, but something that we must achieve. Lawrence uses two contrasting characters to help convey his ...

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... and said " Mother did I ever tell you? I am luck!" She replied by saying "No, you never did." Demonstrating the lack of affection for her children. During the night Paul dies not knowing if he finally won the love from his mother. His luck in the story was actually not luck at all, but a contribution to his mother's streak of bad luck. Paul's uncle tells Hester after Paul's death " My ... God Hester, you"re 80-odd thousand to the good, but a poor devil ... of a son to the bad." Meaning that she never realized how lucky she was ... ...

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... for something. I love many things, yet my wife remains dearest to me. My other love is this little ball of joy I call, "Rose". Rose is this beautiful little blonde that came in to my life in the recent past. So small, she could fit in the palm of my hand. She has grown into a very intelligent young lady now that she is almost a year old. Rose ... is a persistent inception of love in my life. After returning from my last deployment while in the Marines and two years of marriage my wife and I were finally going to live together. We had been through a lot and since we had spent so much ......

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... that overwhelming energy that had taken me completely during the film. Visual effects play a secondary role in this film, which is the fact that goes in contradiction to the majority of American movies. The energy like a good fisticuff strikes the audience . "Fight club" is the association of people who manhandle each other in the cellars at night. People who are scant of breath in the modern society, people who are willing to experience ... a cameraman is so tremendous that it makes the viewers sense the smell of blood and aggression that is streaming from the screen. "The first rule o...

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... . Though Estha and Rahel are the central characters of the story Ammu also play a very important role in The God of Small Things. Ammu's tragedy began when she was very young. It followed her like a shadow right up to the last moment in her life. When she finished her ... the toast of the planter's club. At the same time her husband turned out to be "not just a heavy drinker but a full-blown alcoholic with all of an alcoholic's deviousness and tragic charm." (P.40) War broke out in 1962. Ammu was eight months pregnant and the planter's wives and children were educated from Assam. Being to...

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... manage to get to work on time; however, with the help of the bright lights in your office you notice that although your suit is entirely black you have managed to somehow put on navy blue stockings. Just after realizing this, your best friend bursts into your office bubbling with joy as she recounts the events of her weekend adventure. When she is finished, she ... and harmonious looking rainbow. When you walk into your office you find an exquisitely designed floral arrangement. Just as you finish reading the attached love letter, your best friend bursts into your office bubbling with j...

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... what he wanted and how he got it. Then along with that you have to look at his new life, the one he created for himself, his dream world where money can buy him everything and anything he wants. In Gatsby true life he could never be content with what he had. Gatsby always wanted more even when he became ... very rich and had everything he was not content. He needed Daisy. Gatsby did love Daisy but the whole reason why he wants her so much now than ... Daisy and she tells him she loves him he is not content. He needs her to tell Tom that she never loved him. Then again when Tom beats him...

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... of Judge Miller, a kind owner who gives Buck a life of lazy days in the "sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley" (197). Manuel, a gardener's helper from the home of the Millers, rips Buck out his safe life. He was sold to a man in a red sweater who struck him with a club repeatedly. Then, two men named Francois and Perrault bought him. They gave Buck his first experience with sled ... to Buck. London's first lesson is that of obedience. Buck learned that the club ruled, and that whoever had the club was the master. The second lesson that London taught Buck was that of survival. When Buck arrived...

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... 's born is a daughter to some, granddaughter to others. I say "daughter to some", because even at birth there can be more than the usual two parents. In the process of growing older, and friends being made, we may be "adopted" by other families. This may not be your real family, but ... mother always joked about how I fell in love with the doctor that delivered me. The Mother In my personal opinion, this face is the most wonderful and the most painful. There's nothing like the joy of holding your new baby for the first time; or the sorrow and pain when they scream in anger "I hate you!" T...

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... way, Emerson, as a transcendentalist, portrays love as being a necessity in life; every man wishes, desires, to be loved. For this reason, the world would benefit from showing love to everyone as it causes mankind to care for others, to encourage joy in others. It is something that comes from deep within the soul and if the world experienced more love, humanity would be willing to expand ... their mind to accept the differences in others. No matter how humans differ from each ... other, whether by the color of skin, religion, or social status, they all deserve love ... ...

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... wasn't money, it was love. Love was more important than all the money in the world. Does love bring someone happiness? I believe for some people, love is the greatest kind of happiness someone can feel, but for some not equally important. The feeling of being in love or loved by someone can illustrate feelings of contentment, joy and goodness, which often can lead to happiness. People ... two daughters. Becoming a mother was one the greatest gifts and experiences in my life. When I held my daughters in my arms for the first time, I felt amazing and so proud. I remember crying tears of jo...

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... . If they do not say it directly whenever they pray, then who are they praying for? Then where do those miracles came from? "Joy comes with true love" according to Mr. Elder Groberg, the main actor in the story. I read an article about his life and his story. They met on a blind date that was arranged by their sisters that plays violins ... for us and even lay down His life for us, despite the almost total lack of appreciation of those around Him at the time." The pattern of for growth and joy in life is first; learn the truth and know what is right from wrong. Second, promise, or commit...

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... -- and that, moreover, as is most likely, her husband may be at the bottom of the sea;--have not been bold to put in force the extremity of our righteous law against her. The penalty is thereof death" (Hawthorne 56). Different cultural upbringings and different thoughts influence truths to be understood differently. The Puritan belief encompasses that an adulterer must be put to death, yet instead ... until there was nothing left in him. "The great scene of grief, in which the wild infant bore a part, had developed all her sympathies, and as her tears fell upon her father's cheek, they ...

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... , god, and father. He is nothing other than Lewis's Joy incarnate in a concrete form." (Glover 140-141). The joy that we are filled with as Christian's comes from the love we feel from the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit on a daily basis. In the book, Aslan shows the most sacrificial love by dying for Edmund, the Judas and traitor of the clan. Edmund, "barely deserving such sacrifice, makes Lewis ... himself for criminals, adulterers, and prostitutes. The girls, ultimately the two Mary's, clean Aslan up and mourn over him, because of the joy they knew he brought. After he comes back...

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... their own lives. It is possible that Jackson wanted her readers to think about their morals and values and decide their worth. The characters in the lottery followed a tradition that outsiders would think of as inhumane. But what about some of our traditions? Are there any traditions ... in their lives. Like Jackson, Lawrence used tragedy to convey this message. The mother was blessed with beauty, love, children, and other "advantages" but ignores them because she doesn't consider herself lucky. Paul tries to convince his mother that he is lucky, and then he uses that "luck" to try to ma...

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... of this word, little is brought to mind. We get an image of a soldier; usually male, dressed in a camouflage uniform, helmet, and creeping through a field undetected by the enemy while carrying their gun. This naivety has kept us in the dark, giving us an altered definition of the word, perhaps to conceal its true form. Only experience can bring someone to complete comprehension of anything ... . This is O"Brien's story. Jimmy Cross is the central character in this third-person narrative recollection of the Vietnam War. He is a young Lieutenant who is madly in love with a woman back in t...

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... reaction, rather than emotional, "For beauty, starved with her severity / cuts beauty off from all prosperity" (1.1.227-228). Juliet is so immature and unskilled in the ways of love, that she shares her youthful desperation with her nurse, "Go ask his name; if he is married / my grave is like to be ... so by secretly trading places with Lucie Manette's husband, who is destined for the guillotine. Yet he has no remorse or sadness at losing his life. Only joy at being able to share his love in the only way he knows, with the forfeiture of his own life to save Lucie's and those of her famil...

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... her and her boyfriend Willy Jack driving out to California for his big music career break. Willy Jack portrays a typical "abusive boyfriend" role in the story. While driving out to California Novalee asks to stop at a Wal-Mart to stretch, and buy a couple things. Willy Jack ends up ... stay and her struggle at Wal-Mart. Novalee meets many people during her stay such as Benny Good luck, Moses White cotton, and her savior Forney Hull. Forney Hull aided with the birth of her child, and is the future love of her life. When her baby girl is born, she names her Americus Nation, ... Husband, ...

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... further despair. Through his love he has betrayed her and led her even more deeply into sin. And so her love turns to hatred of the betrayer. Love has little chance of surviving against the intensity of her concern for her own purity and clarity of conscience. For her there can be none of ... that she was led into it, that it was not really her fault. If Bertrande wants to cleanse herself of sin, she must cease to accept the role of wife. At first she tries to deal with this by begging her "husband" to leave her, but when he refuses, saying that it would confirm ... her in what he claim...

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... superiority over women. Anson is not only assure' of women but he believes he had a rich assimilation for other human beings and relationships, "He had an instinctive and charitable knowledge of the weaknesses of men and women, and like a priest, it made him the more concerned for the maintenance of outward forms."" Anson compares himself to, a failure to love, a cocky old' unmarried man, a priest ... her as well, even though he also admits that she meant nothing to him, "He was drinking rather heavily, and he pretended for a week that he was falling in love with her In the spring he wa...

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