“Character Evolution in ‘The Horse Dealer’s Daughter’”
“The Horse Dealer’s Daughter”, by D. H. Lawrence, tells of Mabel Pervin and Jack Fergusson’s relationship. This story shows how unnatural relationships can be if love is not the objective but material goods. Mabel’s lost view of happiness, her plans for the future after Oldmeadow’s failure, and Jack’s life circumstances show how materialism manipulates feelings such as love.Money becomes happiness and stability to Mabel’s after her mother’s death when she stops interacting with people. There seems to be a void in her, which is filled by her material wealth. No matter how “brutal or coarse” the environment may be, “… so long as there was money, the girl felt herself established, and brutally proud, reserved (Lawrence 61).” Without money to back her, she begins to takes on animalistic features; she’s described as having a “perfectly impassive face” likened to a “’bulldog’” and possessing “steady, d
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Jack Fergussons, Jack Fergusson, Mabel Pervins, lawrence 62, Daughter Lawrence, lawrence 64,
Approximate Word count = 608
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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