... 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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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... 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...

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... 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...

• Word Count: 1384
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... 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 ...

• Word Count: 1534
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School