Out of all the stories that we have read in class, I have chosen to analyze "The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence because of 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 I, but we both work to keep the family together. My mother sort of resembles Paul's mother in the story because my mother really cares for our family even though it looks like she does not. I feel I can relate to Paul because even though I do not gamble 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 winning to attain his mother's love.
Paul is the main character of the story; he is a regular boy who does not understand his surrounding environment. His family is materialistic; Lawrence proves this to us by describing how furnished the home is and how expensive the mother's tastes are. However Paul's family is not financially sustained to keep living the way they are. Materialism is the demon of the home and the source of where the voices come from. This is symbolized by the phrase, "There must be more money!" The voices are also a symbol of the supernatural because only the children can hear it. These voices are one of the key factors that drive Paul to make money for the home. .
The voices bother Paul, which leads to a conversation between the boy and the mother of why their family is not rich.
D.H. Lawrence was a well-established writer and even now he has many fans. ... D.H. ... The tone of voice also contributes to the self-analysis of the audience as Lawrence has used an extremely patronising voice. ... Lawrence has not defined his poem by creating a rhythm or metre. ...
In the same way that adjusting the structure informs the analysis of the poem, the original form reflects content. ... Unlike the past tense nature of Emily Dickinson's poem, in the poem "Snake" by D.H. ... The persona's internal struggle to make a decision is paralleled by the form D.H. Lawrence has chosen, or the lack of. ... If the persona of Emily Dickinson's poem was put into the confrontation D.H. ...
D.H Lawrence and Marriage The novels of D.H.Lawrence characteristically examine changing human relationships. ... Lawrence came from a working class family. ... In the time of Lawrence the world was male dominated. ... Give example Chapter 1 Sons and Lovers is Lawrence's first novel to be examined, which demonstrates Lawrence's maturity as a writer. ... Lawrence's analysis of a failing marriage and its effect on others is biting and realistic. ...
This seems as though you"re watching a movie, but that's exactly the way D.H. Lawrence depicts Paul's mother in "The Rocking Horse Winner". ... Furthermore, a possible analysis of the mother's character is that she is spoiled when she is a child. ... If Lawrence would tell us a little more about Paul's mother, maybe there"d be some positive persona; otherwise, finding any good qualities would be very difficult. ...
Character Analysis Of Paul's Mother In "The Rocking Horse Winner". ... This seems as though you"re watching a movie, but that's exactly the way D.H. Lawrence depicts Paul's mother in "The Rocking Horse Winner". ... Furthermore, a possible analysis of the mother's character is that she is spoiled when she is a child. ... If Lawrence would tell us a little more about Paul's mother, maybe there"d be some positive persona; otherwise, finding any good qualities would be very difficult. ...
In literature, theoretical analysis plays a key role in the understandment and critical meaning of a text. ... D.H. ... The scary resemblance may cause one to believe that Lawrence was a strong believer in this theory. ... In the story, Paul's hubris of his gift is a clear depiction of Lawrence's depiction of psychological mayhem. ... Bibliography 1) Biography and Beliefs of Jacques Lacan http://courses.lib.odu.edu/engl/cbrooke/aacra/lacan.htm 2) Origins of Psychoanalytical Theory http://courses.lib.odu.edu/engl/cbrooke/aacra/psy1.htm 3) Lawrence, D.H. (1969). ...
In the short story "The Rocking-Horse Winner- written by D.H. Lawrence and the movie portrayal The Rocking Horse Winner directed by Peter Medak. ... In the final analysis, obviously the short story pays more attention to detail than the movie has bestowed. ...
According to D.H. Lawrence, the reasons Poe's morbid tales need be written is because old things need to die and disintegrate, because the old white psyche needs to be gradually broken down before anything else can come to pass. ... This is true also because he reduces his own self as a scientist reduces a salt in a crucible; almost like a chemical analysis of the soul and consciousness (Lawrence, 504). ... But moreover they are love stories (Lawrence, 504). ...
