Hester, Paul’s mother, whose general coldness infuses Paul with desperation to find a way to provide her with the money she desires. He eventually rides his luck at naming winning horses to the end of his life in a failed attempt to gain his mother’s love. Paul’s determination, hunger for love and self-destructiveness are a direct result of a lack of love from his mother Paul 's innocent determination is what sets him down the path to his eventual destruction . It is his mother who first plants the grains of this determination by her constant references to money, or lack thereof Because of this , Paul feels that the house is echoing his mother 's refrain by whispering. There must be more money According to his mother, the families lack of money all stems from their tendency to be unlucky - his father is unlucky at making money and she is unlucky for marrying him.
‘Go as a skivvy,’ Joe interpolated laconically.” Mabel is a housekeeper for her brothers, and they do not appreciate her work in the house. They seem to be selfish and unreliable, for instance with the eldest brother Joe, who doesn’t care about anything, as seen in the passage, “Joe watched with glazed hopeless eyes.” Because Mabel’s brothers are so careless and ineffective, they are unable to see Mabel’s suicidal signs. After the death of her father, the horse dealing business collapses and Mabel becomes mindless. She does not have any hope for the future. In order to relief her stress, feel secure and invisible, she goes to the churchyard.
She did not treat her children with the attention that every child needs, so Paul was destined to seek out her approval. At the beginning of the story, Paul’s family seems to be in distraught. His mother felt as though her children were “thrust upon her, and she could not love them.” Paul’s mother had cared so much about the appearance of her family, which had driven Paul crazy seeking her personal attention. Paul could hear whispers through the house, “there must be more money, there must be more money.” After Paul’s talk with his mother, he learns a formula for love. His mother teaches him that Luck equals Money, which in turn equals Love.
For example, the authors used ironic insights of issues regarding the characters struggles in their lives at different stages. The fact that slavery is an undeniable part of human history and the dominance of a person over another because of money is the bitter truth. These stories possess questions about the human conditions and strive to answer them. In the book The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald described a society that struggled with decaying social and moral values and with greed. He also illustrates attempts made to expose truths or flaws of human nature through fiction.
In “The Welcome Table,” judgment and death are the main themes and in Country Lovers it is love and betrayal. Now yes, racism could be the third theme of the stories. Because without racism in each of the stories, you will not have a plot. The author of the each story approached the subject of racism in different ways. I will look at the tone, point of view, and characters in each story to show the similiarities and differences in them.
The main character suffers from depression. Her husband wants to help with her illness, but only helps make her worse by preventing her from enjoying what she loves the most. "There comes John, and I must put this away, he hates to have me write words. "(Gilman,Charlotte) John does not think that his wife should write, rather he wants her to rest everyday in the room with yellow wallpaper. The wallpaper however begins to take a toll on the woman’s life.
This description is simplistic, it only allows us to see that he too has expensive tastes that do not match the income he is providing. The true character of Paul’s father is shown through the eyes of Paul’s mother and the blame she places on him for their “unlucky” situation. While having a conversation with Paul, his mother shows her distain for his father by blaming their troubles on him saying bitterly “it’s because your father has no luck” (151). Her direct blame on his father initiates Paul’s obsession achieving luck and later to his death. As the story unfolds, it is evident the Paul is seeking love from his mother, but Hester is incapable of that love only showing him the need for more
When you read the stories for the first time, you will think that there are no similarities between the two short stories at all. After reading the stories again and actually understanding them more, you will discover that there are in fact similarities between them. The theme between these two short stories share common factors, such as, love, fear and secrets. In the story, “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, the mother is obsessed with money and therefore shows the lack of love for her family. Her son, Paul wants to change her mind so he can gain the love and affection from her by becoming lucky.
Both of the narrators are oppressed by their husbands, and though they want to be happy, it is impossible due to the way they are treated by their spouses. In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” John, the nameless narrator’s husband, confines his wife to a room with barred windows and hideous yellow wallpaper because she is ill. He does not allow her to exert herself physically or mentally, prevents her from seeing her friends and family and keeps her under intense scrutiny. While isolated in this room, she begins to go mad, believing that the wallpaper is somehow watching her, and eventually she believes she is a prisoner inside it. The narrator proves that her husband is oppressive when she reveals how afraid she is of him.
Compare and Contrast Essay Both Lord of the Flies and Treasure Island have similar and dissimilar themes about human nature. They have comparative themes about anarchy, human desire, and evilness, and contrasting themes about adult authority, maturity, and supernatural figures. Both novels support that savagery is brought by disorder, greediness can cause destruction, and innate evil is within every human being. However, both novels also have opposing themes about the influences of adults, how boys become mature, and views about “beasts.” One similar theme portrayed by both novels is that savagery and violence is a result of anarchy. In Lord of the Flies, most of the boys slowly turned from being civilized to being savages.