... quest to make money and buy happiness. The Rocking Horse Winner' is a simple moral story that asserts the dangers of materialism, through the use of an innocent child. Paul is the main character in the story and is desperately searching for luck and money in order to please his unhappy mother. As in My Son the Fanatic', this story also has a reversal of roles between characters. However this reversal ... is more apparent and dominant. Paul's mother defines luck as ... this story, as a ring, a dove, a rabbit and a grave all represent an awakening and transition of a nave little girl into...

• Word Count: 2806
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... George's father to follow the way of heart. Just married, Lucy and George come back to Italy. The main theme of the novel is the comparison between the peculiarity of Italian people and of English people, between two different ways of living. In Forster's opinion Italians are more joyful and spontaneous, so Lucy's awakening becames from the country's influence. Forster sees something deeply wrong in the puritan and merchant society of his ... . For example, he characterizes Honeychurch's house placing it at Windy Corner (the name underlines the "northern spirit-), when Emerson's house is...

• Word Count: 379
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate