The Rocking-Horse Winner

Many people may argue that money can buy whatever ones want like happiness. Some will even argue with the fact that money cause sadness. In the story, “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence, a family faced financial hardships which allowed the author to teach the readers that the pursuit of money and material riches, or greed, will ultimately destroy happiness and lead to eventual downfall. The author uses love, money, and luck to convey his message.

The relationship between Paul and his mother is not ideal at all. The introduction of the story revealed that Paul mother said her children, " had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them," and whenever her children were in her present, “she always felt the center of her heart go

They live in a nice and employ servants to attend to their needs. Hester wants her neighbors to think that the family is wealthy. The mother and husband used a taxi or borrowed Uncle Oscar's car because they could not keep their own. Once Paul started winning his bets, he began to give his mother some money. She will spend the money on materialistic things instead of paying off debt.

As the plots unfold, the mother because upset because she believes that she had more luck before she married and that her spouse lacked that critical trait. She blames the family's misfortunes on the husband not having "luck." His mother defines luck as that which “causes people to have money." She also mentions how luck causes happiness through money. Paul stated that God told him that he is lucky.

As a mother, she was supposed to be nurturing and compassionate. It was not until the end that she showed her mother's instincts. She grew concern about his deteriorating condition and suggested he take a vacation. The mother felt something terrible was going to happen to her son, so she tried to stop it. Her beliefs had Paul so determine to win his mother some money that he died in the end. All he wanted to do was see his mother