... After I had the format, I made revisions that seemed necessary." "The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a story about a young boy who is desperately searching for luck and money in order to please his unhappy mother. In the end, this search leads to Paul's untimely death. One can easily view this story as a fairy ... at his mother and father. The story actually begins with a discussion of his mother, saying that she had the best opportunities in life, yet she lacked luck. Also, it states, "She married for love, and that love turned to dust." This is a very important line because although readers ...

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... by others and by herself. One of these people is Uncle Oscar. "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." (108). In a way Uncle Oscar is being hypocritical ... . Paul's mother also feels guilty herself. His mother feels guilty about the death because she knows that the reason why Paul got into gambling is because of her equation between luck and money. "His mother sat, feeling her heart had gone, turned actually into a stone" (10...

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... away till after the Derby."". As is with gambling addicts, he was hoping that with the Derby he would have another chance to turn his luck around. He tells his mother not to worry, and reiterates this several times trying to convince her that he is fine. In Pathological Gambling: ... of these symptoms that Paul displays are classic signs of what is called a "gambling depression,"" when the luck turns bad and the gambler grows more and more concerned about getting it back . Many times, the luck never comes back to a gambling addict, and often that is the cause of his or her death. ... I...

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... boy from a middle-class background, whose mother, Hester, is constantly chanting, "There must be more money- (Lawrence 255). As a result, Paul equates "luck- with having material possessions. Paul then decides that it is up to him to supply the money his mother is wanting, believing that is what will bring good ... is what drives him toward the racing. Paul has a constant need for his mothers approval, and the only way he can succeed is by changing their bad luck to good. His mother has repeatedly held her husband responsible for their financial woes, condemning his as "very unlucky- (2...

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... horse of the Derby made him ill and frail. After he was told his horse had won, he turned to his mother 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." Meani...

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... when in truth a lot of rich families are very depressed and unfulfilled. In D. H. Lawrence's short story, Master Paul rides his rocking horse to find "luck". What Paul finds is that if he rides long enough the name of the winning horse will appear in his head. I think the way that Paul rides ... are happy without the material possessions, and you run out of money, you still have your family and your happiness. Master Paul found his happiness through his luck. When he didn't know which horse was going to win he went into another mad frenzy. Paul finally picked the winning horse, Malabar,...

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... 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 gamble and neither do ... attaining money for his home and hopes of his mother's love. Lawrence illustrates the demon that awakes in Paul through this passage of the story: "He wanted luck, he wanted it, he wanted it he would sit on his big rocking-horse, charging madly into space, with a frenzy that made the l...

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... is slowly moving away from childhood naivety and beginning to understand that there are accepted standards of inferiority and superiority, right and wrong and good and bad that exist within the world . However these standards are inconsistent with his idealistic dreams and because of this he is puzzled. Like in My Son ... 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...

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... in his house; rides his violently on his magic rocking-horse that predicts the winner to horse races. Paul does this in order to please his mother, who relates money luck to money, and money to class and success. Although Paul=s mother comes off prominently as a antagonist in the story, Paul=s uncle and gardener, Bassett play an equal if not dominating ... track. Bassett told Paul all the racing news, and became Paul=s partner when he learned Paul could predict the winners of the races. In this was Bassett was greedy and a bad influence on Paul, leading him down a materialistic road jus...

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... throughout that passage and this is the same reason as to the quotes mentioned previously. Sethe and the whole town refuse to remember Beloved because all she does is bring bad luck. As a matter of fact, they refuse to think of the past, they don't want to remember anything negative that has happened. And if no one thinks of Beloved, then the ... is "not a story to pass on." There are many reasons as to why Sethe and the town wanted to leave Beloved in the past. Even as a spirit, she was horrible luck. As a spirit of 124, she caused many chaotic quakes and shakes in the house, shrieking...

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... mothers affection and approval. Paul questions his mother, why they didn't own a car? The mother more sour than ever blame their unfortunate circumstances to her "unlucky" father. "Then what is luck, mother?" "It's what causes you to have money. If you"re lucky you have money. That's why is better to be born lucky than rich" (226). The boy puzzled trying ... Bassett, he came to learn about horseracing. Paul and Bassett had started a partnership, and began to bid on horses regularly. Paul rocking-horse, was the key element to getting his "luck". The boy would ride it in fury, thus attemp...

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... the hotel. Since there are a lot of refugees at the hotel, the demand for food is higher even though he doesn't charge any of the refugees since the situation is bad. When Paul goes on the way to the Hutu rebel market he is driving on top of Rwandan human corpses. He just feels bumps so he is really surprised and ... empathy for other people which weren't even "his tribe". But on the other hand, I also feel that he was very inconsiderate by leaving his family to his own luck and abandoning his family. I try to put myself in Paul's place and think on the decision on leaving my family or ...

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... was always in debt and blamed their poverty on the father for the unluckiness, as it's demonstrated like this: "...she said slowly and bitterly, "it's because your father has no luck"". Paul is told, "...If you"re lucky you have money. That's why it's better to be born lucky than rich. If you"re rich, you may lose your money. But ... that he cared the money more after he died as it's demonstrated: "My God, Hester, you"re eighty-odd thousand to the good, and a poor devil of a son to the bad." At this point he mentions the money first, which feels somewhat of a jealousy going on that he d...

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... battle. A bullet wound to the stomach later ironically kills Tjaden. Kat had told him that they should not overeat since a bullet wound to the stomach on an empty stomach was bad enough, but a bullet wound to the stomach on a full stomach was much more dangerous. Franz Kemmerich was one of Paul's classmates that enlisted in the army with him. He landed ... brushes Kat's hair back, he finds his hand covered in blood. A small fragment entered Kat's skull and killed him. Although his hands were still warm, Kat has had the random luck of catching a stray "splinter". "Then I know nothing mor...

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