Literary Analysis Of The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking-Horse Winner

This story open up about a mother that has 3 children, a boy and two little girls. The story explains how the mother is a beautiful woman who had no luck. According to the story, “she married for love, and the loved turned into lust. She had bonny children, yet she felt they had been thrust upon her and she could not love them” (151). She was the type of mother who did not necessarily care and love her children, but she knew she had to because they were hers. The narrator explains, “She is such a good mother. She adores her children” (151). The little boy and his sisters knew better and they knew that what other people were saying was not true.

The narrator continues to tell the reader about the family’s lifestyle.

The narrators then explains how the son felt that he was lucky. He mixed up a phrase “filthy lucre” which mean money, and said “filthy lucker” which is what made him feel as if he was lucky. This shows a lot about the kid in comparing to other kids in reality. He is so young that he does not have a clue about real life but still wants to try to help his family and make his mother proud. He expressed these thoughts with his mother and this is when she explained to him that he had the wrong idea and that the family was not lucky at all. After this, being a young child, he seek his brand new rocking horse for answers. He then began demanding his horse to take him to a place where there is luck. At this part of the story it shows how interested and willing the boy can be. It also shows the strong sense of imagination the boy has just as any child of his age would have. All he wanted to do was help his mother and make the words of “there must be more money” go

He saves up enough money for his mother for a whole five years, at least he thought. His uncle helped him give his mother the money for her birthday without her knowing it actually came from him. When she first got the letter about the money she tried to hide it from everyone else. This particular gesture shows just how the mother can be extremely selfish. His mother, being the selfish woman she is, tries to take all the money the boy left her out at once. She goes through all of the money that was supposed to last her for five years on unnecessary things. Once this occurred the boy and the two girls start hearing the voices again: “there must be more money.” Hearing this he knew it was time for him to get back on his