The Rocking Horse Winner
D.J. Lawrence writes in his short story, “The Rocking Horse Winner” that “. . . there must be more money. Oh, now, now! Now-there must be more money-more than ever!. . . ” (653). Paul, the son, hears these words over and over as greed “whispers” them all around his family’s home, all of the time, and even more so after giving five thousand dollars (which he won through his sixth sense) to his mother anonymously. The whole family hears it, though no one ever speaks of it - ever. Despite the fact that his relationship with his mother is a cold one, he feels a great need to help her feel his luck, which she thinks she has completely lost because of her unlucky husband. Paul also wants to quiet the house of the whispers, but in secrecy. He does this through his uncle Oscar, their gardener, Bassett, and the horse races. Paul’s mother obviously has a lot of resentment for marrying her unlucky husband and also for her children. It is plain to see there is a below-normal level of love residing in their home. Lawrence writes that she idiotically married for love instead of luck a
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Approximate Word count = 739
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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