The Rocking Horse Winner is a fictitious tale of a young boy named Paul who considered himself "lucky." His mother considers herself unlucky, constantly struggling for money, and lacking of the ability to love her children. She tells Paul that luck is "what causes you to have money. If you're lucky you have money. That's why its better to be born lucky than rich.
This insatiable appetite for more money is further confirmed when she receives a letter about an inheritance and how she would receive payment on her birthday each year for five years. Instead of rejoicing she becomes bitter because she wants it all at once. Paul’s uncle is a shallow and very egotistic individual. He is an enabler to Paul’s obsessive behavior to obtain luck. He is very much aware of the Paul’s obsessive compulsive behavior of going mad and
And the obsession is centered around, of course, that there is not enough money to be had by the family. Paul decides to set out a way to get his family more money through luck. He decides that if he rides his toy rocking horse fast enough that he will somehow ''know'' the name of the winning horse in the next derby race. His practice is proved correct and he begins to secretly funnel money to his mother. Rather than be satisfied with the winnings, Pauls desire for money grows opposed to diminishes.
These two symbols take a massive toll on this family throughout this whole story. The money, or lack of, is a symbol that whispers happiness, power, and a lavish life. The longing for money proved to be the undoing of this aching family. Secondly, the rocking horse is the symbol of solution and undoing. Paul rides the wooden horse until he gets wherever he wants, in this case, somewhere where luck can be found.
Linda Loman Perhaps it isn’t the blustery, senile salesman Willy Loman who experiences tragedy. Instead, maybe the real tragedy befalls his wife, Linda Loman. Linda Loman’s life, is dreary because she always hopes that things will work out for the better – yet those hopes never blossom. They always wither. Her one major decision takes place before the action of the play.
George tells the boss that Lennie got kicked in the head by a horse as a little kid and that’s why he is slow, so Lennie asks him if it is true and George says that it would be a good thing and it would “save everybody a hell of a lot of trouble.” (Steinbeck 23). Since George said this it makes it seem like he doesn’t want to spend that much time with Lennie. Over all, George has a tendency of putting Lennie down intentionally. In chapters two and three George is really quick to judge Curley’s wife on the ranch. From the minute George sees Curley’s wife he already has a bad impression of her.
The Rocking Horse Winner The “Rocking Horse Winner” is a story about the destructive effects of materialism, greed and the seemingly ever growing need for money. It is also about love, and how sometimes love is not enough to overcome the greed and need. The story follows a young boy named Paul as he strives to be “lucky” and gain more love from his mother by going through the process of betting on race horses to win money, which he can then gift to his mother. This story’s main focus is the relationship between Paul and his mother, Hester. In the story, Hester is a symbol for greed and selfishness.
The movie The Rocking Horse Winner is an adaptation of the short story by D. H. Lawrence , it shows the tragic downfall of an upper middle class family struggling to maintain their social status. The delightful cinematography of the story is makes the movie successful as a literary adaptation. The director of the movie Anthony Pelissier brought the story on the screen about a young boy who discovers an ability to predict the race winning horse while pretending to be a jockey of his wooden rocking horse. The protagonist young boy is played as a sensitive child who wants to prove himself lucky to his passionate mother names Hester. The film adaption has followed the author’s story and gave a realistic view of the characters.
Greed "The Rocking Horse Winner" People need money to survive, and enough to buy all of the basic needs to survive, but everybody wants more money. More money means an easier way of life. The more money one has, the more money one wishes to have, as it is shown in the story, "The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence. At the beginning of this story the family did not have enough money to support their opulent lifestyle. Mr. Lawrence illustrates their situation like this: "Although they lived in style they felt always an anxiety in the house.
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.