Literary Analysis Of 'The Rocking Horse Winner'

Whilst reading the short story, “The Rocking Horse Winner” I used various reading strategies. Prior to reading the story the use of a table was used to structure my knowledge and understanding. Conjuring my analysis of what the purpose, and basis of this text may be. Secondly, upon reading this contents I was able to visualize the characters, and their relationships with one another, as well as the overall atmosphere within the story. However, whilst reading many questions came to light, pondering as to why the mother is weary of things such as her son master paul’s amount of concern for the horse races, and why she seems so dreary towards life, and what causes her to show a lack of empathy towards her children. Lastly, post reading, I was

For example, the family is deemed to be of poor upbringing and the lack of money has caused utter distress between all members of the family. Causing quite the dreary spell over the home of the young master, Paul and his loving mother Hester. To resolve this conflict Master Paul sets out on a journey on his old stead. He rode, and rode his old rocking horse into the night in pursuit of luck. The boy remembered quite well that luck was far more valuable than wealth. For infact, with luck wealth would be never ending and the struggle of poverty would be unseen rather than damning. Though by the end of this story the boy who had set out on a mission to save his mother from a life of misfortune, the boy passed away after one of his final rides. With that great sacrifice Paul had won his family more than enough money to live a life of luck and honor, in his honour. This main conflict of money in the family assists in developing the theme, that love triumphs the thirst for material possessions by showing a son who sacrifices his life in attempt to quench the thirst of his family 's

A time in the 1900’s to be exact. After careful research on a few of the names of the horses such as, Sansovina which was one of the English Triple Crown Racing Winners in the 1900’s England. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Triple_Crown_race_winners) Furter more, the 1900’s was at time of the Great Depression. Following a wall street crash the markets had dropped exponentially and the affects of said crash were damning to families all over the world. Overall, the setting of the story takes place in 1900’s England during the Great Depression, which explains flawlessly the moaning and constant demand for money, and