... 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 tale in which Paul bargains with some force, and rides his horse in order to gain knowledge. This knowledge allows Paul to gamble on horse races. Later, Paul loses his bargain, for some reason, and pays the ultimate ... of responsibility robs them of a happy, carefree childhood. The childhood where no matter how few or how many material things they have, they have security in their parents' love. Paul's driving force is his desire to attain luck in order to ple...

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... cruelty. Malouf's reoccurrence of birds is a reminder of their nonviolence, that if another species within nature can remain so unfailingly harmonious, then humans may also have his power. It is a driving force for Jim to continue, and relates to G.K Chesterton's opening statement to the novella, suggesting that mankind may be no more divine than animal. Imogen's observations are of a similar nature, that ... ...

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Nationalism can be defined as having a sense of belonging and loyalty to ones country. Nationalism is a powerful force that has been the driving cause of countless revolutions and war. It was also one of the underlying causes of WW1. In Germany at the time, war was glorified to where it seemed you were ... ...

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Nearer Than Lovers From beginning to end, friendship plays an essential role in the book All Quiet on the Western Front, by Enrich Remarque. It is the single driving force for the soldiers who know nothing but of death and demolition. The soldiers" friendships give them a will to fight, and a shred of hope in a surely desperate situation. Throughout the novel, ... ...

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... out the opposite of the desired effect on Paul, and in his death, he makes a statement about how the lack of individuality has crushed him. The need for individuality is a driving force in Paul throughout this story. It is evident that Paul wants to be unique when his teachers are discussing him. Paul's English teacher claims that once when she "had stepped ... ...

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... rocking horse to find a winner@(446). After Paul dies there does not seem to be much indication that his mother learned anything from her his=s death. She is most definitely a driving force for Paul=s obsession with luck. However in the end it proves to be the men that were closest to him that directly contribute to his downfall into a materialist world of ... ...

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... , point of view, setting, plot and character, have shown a theme of materialism in The Rocking Horse Winner. Each element revealed and added on to the theme. The mother was the driving force for the materialism in this story. Paul trying to make her happy is only feeding her need for material objects and she eventually loses her son. ...

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