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An Explication of Passages in
“The Rocking Horse Winner”
By D.L. Hawthorne
{It came whispering from the springs of the still-swaying rocking horse, and even the horse, bending his wooden, champing head, heard it. The big doll, sitting so pink and smirking in her new pram, could hear it quite plainly, and seemed to be smirking all the more self-consciously because of it. The foolish puppy, too, that took the place of the teddy-bear, he was looking so extraordinarily foolish for no other reason but that he heard the secret whisper all over the house: “There must be more money!” Yet no body ever said it out aloud. The whisper was everywhere, and therefore no one spoke it. Just as no one ever says: “We are breathing!” in spite of the fact that breath is coming and going all the time.} Pg 236 paragraph 6.
“The Lottery”
By Shirley Jackson
{A sudden hush fell on the crowd as Mr. Summers cleared his throat and looked at the list. “All ready?” he called. “Now, I’ll read the names-heads of families first-and the men come up and take a paper out of the box. Keep the paper folded in your hand without looking at it until everyone has had a turn. Everything clear?” The people had done it so many time that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around. Then Mr. Summers raised one hand high and said, “Adams.” A man disengaged himself from the crowd and came forward. “Hi, Steve,” Mr. Summers said, and Mr. Adams said, “Hi, Joe.” They grinned at one another humorlessly and nervously. Then Mr. Adams reached into the black box and took out a folded paper. He held it firmly by one corner as he turned and went hastily back to his place in the crowd, where he stood a little apa...
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...lways in constant horror because of the unknown who is going to win. The Symbolism in the Rocking Horse winner is the wooden horse because this was away for Master Paul to escape out the reality of grown up unlucky. And the word lucky is fate!
Finally, Shirley Jackson and D.H Lawrence both have this demented imagination. Traditionally speaking the British literate has always influenced American Literate. The tone, the style, and the time period it was wrote in will impress readers for the factor in the historical research and the tolerance of keeping the readers attention. Therefore, both writers wrote what was passionate, and entertaining of their time. They inserted their culture and background into their stories. Which made them more like suspenseful short stories.
Works Cited
The rocking horse winner by D.H. Lawerence
The lottery by Shirely Jackson