The Rocking Horse Winner Analysis

Many individuals say that a person is a product of its surroundings. And for two young men from Baltimore, this could not be any more accurate. In “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore, the author talks about two young boys who shared the same name and the contributions they did in their lives that made them turn out the way they are. Both Wes’ grew up in similar environment with tough childhood and without the presence of a father. Where one becomes very successful and a Rhodes Scholar, and the other is heavily involved in the drug game and receives a life sentence in prison for serving a part in a murder of a former police officer. This book is a major example of how certain decisions can affect one’s life. Both Wes’ had similar lives, yet they ended up in different paths. There are few factors why they ended up having different paths and those factors are; parental support and figures, the environment style, and the social influences.

There were a vast number of parallels in "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence and "The Prodigal Son" by St. Luke. Both stories dealt with the evil love of money, foolishness, and stubbornness. Humanity is evil at its root and the only thing that can change that is the love of Jesus.

A mother is a person who loves and cares for their child unconditionally and will put her their needs before her own. When her child is sick, she will stay beside them no matter what. A mother is always there when someone is down and needs someone to talk to. However, in the stories, “The Rocking Horse Winner” and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper,” both authors portray the mothers, Hester and Jane, somewhat similar when describing their relationship with their child. The stories’ definition of “Mother” are described in a negative manner that not many readers can relate to such neglectful behavior.

The experiences people go through impact the way the see world and those around them. Children are raised by their parents and witnesses to the triumphs and failures. When the age comes many often question their parent’s decisions. Some may feel bitterness and contempt while others may feel admiration and motivation. The “Sign in My Father’s Hands” by Martin Espada conveys the feeling of being treated as a criminal for doing the right thing. Similarly, “Naturalization” by Jenny Xie is the story of a family who recently immigrated to America going through gauntlet of assimilation. In this paper I am going to analyze, discuss, compare and contrast the authors attitudes towards their parents according to perseverance paternalism and passivity with society.

At the beginning of the short story “The Rocking Horse Winner” D.H. Lawrence writes that the mother has a terrible secret that she carries with her. She is not to love her children or feel love for anyone else, either. Only the children in this short story seem to understand this concept. She is the only one that knew that in the of her heart was a hard place that could not feel love for anybody, including her own children. Everybody said good things of her: "She is such a good mother. She adores her children." Only she and her children themselves, knew it was not true. They read it in each other 's eyes.

The parable of The Prodigal Son and the short story of The Rocking-Horse Winner have many similarities as well as differences. The Prodigal Son was written by St. Luke and is recorded in the book of Luke in the Bible. D.H. Lawrence wrote the short story: The Rocking-Horse Winner. Both of these stories are fiction based, and they hold many good lessons to learn from them.

Family, for most people, is defined as a sort of safe haven for people to go to. For others, families may be fragmented, split, or may have wrong ideals as a whole. Broken families, while they may have a long lasting effect on the spouses, can also have a detrimental, long-lasting effect on the children of these marriages which can lead to certain mental illnesses. For example, in the story of the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Deborah faces the emotional effects of her mother’s death. Other stories such as “A Rose for Emily”, show how Emily 's fathers parenting techniques and a lack of a mother figure burdened her future. Into the Wild explores the emptiness of love which affects the life choices of a man named Chris. All of these situations

The Rocking Horse Winner by DH Lawrence, critiqued from a psychoanalytic point of view emphasizes the key theories and aspects of the human psyche that Sigmund Freud hypothesized. In The Rocking Horse Winner, the Oedipus complex, the three zones of the Human Psyche and the exploration of Freudian Infantile behaviour are seen throughout the text to best describe the child 's deep desire, where all of his actions have motivation and reason, even if he was not consciously aware of them (class notes).

In the short story “The Veldt,” Ray Bradbury writes, “‘And suddenly they realized why those other screams had sounded familiar’” (Bradbury 13). Bradbury chooses these words because they exemplify a compelling ending to the foreshadowing that developed throughout the short story. The screams that originate from the nursery foreshadow the children’s betrayal towards their parents which also depicts a direct correlation to the major themes of the short story. The quote also gives the short story a powerful and emotional effect unique to Bradbury’s style of writing. In Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Veldt,” he uses his impactful style of writing which includes using powerful literary devices to intensify the major themes of the story.

In life difficulties may arise, but an “instructive eye” of a “tender parent” is a push

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It has been over a month since American Pharaoh captured the imagination of horse racing fans in American by winning the Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes) of horse racing. By any stretch of the imagination, it is impossible to measure the positive impact his success has had on a racing industry that was dying a slow death. The only thing that is certain is things feel a bit different and there is hope in the air.

Nigerian author: Chimamanda Adichie talked about the concept of a “single story.” This single story is concerned about people viewing a certain ethnicity, culture, or country through the view of a single perspective and only that perspective. She stated that single stories are developed by: “Show a people as one thing and as only one thing over and over again and that is what they become.”

As William Shakespeare said, “The eyes are a window to your soul”; author D.H. Lawrence puts this quote to practice in his short story, “The Rocking Horse Winner.” He uses the eyes of his characters, in particular the protagonist Paul, to show changes or advancements of these characters over the course of the story. The first description of Paul`s eyes occurs when he is speaking with his mother Hester about luck and are described as “Uneasy eyes.” (371) This description shows that Paul is interested in what Hester has to say and desires her approval and love but doesn’t fully understand what she means. Paul`s eyes begin to change more dramatically as he rides his rocking horse;

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