... horse resides in the sobering morale of the story . The literary element of symbolism evident throughout these short stories and substantially contributes to the handling of the childhood and youth theme. In the Rocking Horse Winner' and I Want To Know Why', both children had a strong bond with a horse or horses. Paul had a bond with his rocking horse as it emasculates him and provides him with the winner of the races, and the young narrator in ... when combined with a certain sight and smell can open to reveal a hidden truth. This is evident in the end of the story, where twenty years ...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... I try to help relieve my mother's stress by working and paying bills. D.H. Lawrence's "The Rocking-Horse Winner," is a story about a boy's attempt to buy his mother's love. The story represents the effects of greed, secrecy, consequence and the relationship between a mother and son. Materialism and money are key elements in the plot of the story. The story also explores the awakening and change of innocence of a boy to his obsession with ... on him. Sadly, in the end of the story Paul dies. The irony that Lawrence illustrates here is that Paul was striving for the love and happiness for ...

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

... was a rejection of old ideals such as Marxism, Freudianism, and the Enlightenment Project. The literature of the period by authors such as Pynchon, Barthes, and Nabokov blended genres so as to avoid traditional classification, and the movement was also seen in Warhol's pop art, the musical compositions of John Cage, and the films of Jean-Luc Godard. The value of the term is debated; some welcome it as a liberation from ... of psychical impotence, of which Paul is a classic victim, offers a valuable key to a coherent understanding of the novel and the way in which it is structured. The ex...

• Word Count: 1244
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate