... she's a member of the audience, but becomes visibly excited by the sudden thought that she's "center stage." In "The Rocking Horse Winner", D.H. Lawrence uses symbolism in order to show the reader the conflicts existing between Paul and his mother. In the story, there is a short passage where Paul's mother comes to realize what Paul has been doing with his rocking horse. Paul's mother "switched on the light, and saw her son . . . madly surging on the rocking horse. The blaze of light suddenly ... lit him up, as he urged the wooden horse ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Both the short stories "The Rocking Horse Winner- by D.H. Lawrence and "Araby- by James Joyce are made relevant by their use of symbols to portray what the author's point of view is on each respective subject of the short story. In "The Rocking Horse Winner- we have Lawrence's view of what mankind has become and in "Araby- we have Joyce's perspective on religion and spirituality. In "The Rocking Horse Winner- we have Paul, searching for his mother's love and approval which in her words is ... with his hopes and dreams unrealized, his first real defeat in life. This in turn is symbolic of the ...

• Word Count: 1024
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the short story "The Rocking Horse Winner," D.H. Lawrence uses his characters as symbols in support of the theme, that innocence cannot survive when confronted with greed and selfishness. This theme is prominent twice in the story. First the theme is shown through the corruption of Paul, leading him to push himself to extremes which ultimately lead to the second, and more horrifying example, his death. According to one critic, this story proves to be ... luck is what "causes you to have money. If you are lucky, you have money"(320). Paul then begins to believe that by becoming lucky, or ma...

• Word Count: 878
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the short story "The Rocking Horse Winner D.H.Lawrence uses his characters as symbols in support of the theme that innocence cannot survive when confronted with greed and selfishness. First the theme is shown through the corruption of Paul, which ultimately led to the more horrifying of his death. This story proves to be Lawrence's strongest indictment of materialism, and the strongest demonstration of the incompatibility of the love of money and the love of human beings. ... . It is a futile mission to begin with, but in his innocence, Paul does not realize this. At this point in the stor...

• Word Count: 942
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School