As a twentieth-century novelist, essayist, and poet, David Herbert Lawrence brought the subjects of sex, psychology, and religion to the forefront of literature. One of the most widely read novels of the twentieth century, Sons and Lovers, which Lawrence wrote in 1913, produces a sense of Bildungsro...

D.H. Lawrence: Son and Lover “Bildungsroman, a form of fiction which allows the novelist to recreate through the maturing of his protagonist some of his own remembered intensity of experience” (Nivin, Alastair; pg. 34) D.H. Lawrence re-created his own life experience through the writ...

D.H. Lawrence: Son and Lover "Bildungsroman, a form of fiction which allows the novelist to recreate through the maturing of his protagonist some of his own remembered intensity of experience" (Nivin, Alastair; pg. 34) D.H. Lawrence re-created his own life experience through the writin...

The Rocking Horse Winner The Rocking Horse Winner, by D.H. Lawrence, is an informative story about luck and one's own fortune. In this story, Lawrence attempts to illustrate how one can guide one's own fate, instead of allowing things to happen to yourself. He believes that the onl...

The Rocking-Horse Loser "D. H. Lawrence's The Rocking-Horse Winner transports us into a world where a boy, feeling that his mother does not love him, gambles to compel her to give him what he craves. We realize quickly that Paul conceives his scheme under the influence of his mother. For tho...

This popular story was written in February of 1926 as a favor to Cynthia Asquith for a collection of ghost stories she was preparing. It's believed that the model for Paul was her autistic son, John, combined with Lawrence's own troubled past. A remarkable film adaptation was produced in 1949, wr...

The feelings of alienation and loneliness are bitter and harsh. They can drive a person crazy. People have been known to go to great lengths to abolish these feelings. In many cases these attempts have terrible results. Such is the case in various fictional stories where the protagonists try to over...

It is said that the happiest people on earth are those who do not fear change, but accept and embrace it. By looking at different texts, media-forms and everyday human life, this statement can be justified, as well as disproved. Sons and Lovers, written by D.H Lawrence, is a story about a young m...

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...

As a general rule, children love fairy tales. We grow up being read Grimm's or watching Disney remakes of classics. Parents love telling children fairy tales not only because they have an opportunity to spend time with their sons and daughters, but also because fairy tales, like fables, always conta...

In the short story "The Rocking-Horse Winner", D. H. Lawrence uses the character of the mother to emphasize what can happen to a family when a family mistakes money for love. The story is based around a small family that is in need of more money, or so they think. The young boy, Paul, is d...

A Comparison and Contrast of D. H. Lawrence's "The Rocking Horse Winner" and Graham Greene's "The Destructors" The similarities and differences in D. H. Lawrence's "The Rocking-Horse Winner" and Graham Greene's "The Destructors" (reprint...

"The Rocking Horse Winner" By D.H. Lawrence "interpretation/eveluation" - Plot Who? – Young boy named Paul, a normal kid other than the fact that he is troubled and saddened by the absence of his Mothers love. What? – Paul's quest to find luck, which...

Paul "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence is a story about conflicts between Paul and his mother using different forms of secrecy. Paul's character is defined through the use of these secrets. By understanding the secrets between his mother, his rocking horse, and Uncle Osca...

In the short story "The Rocking-Horse Winner," D.H. Lawrence presents an upper class family that was destroyed by greed because they always felt like no matter how much money they had, they always needed more. Neither the mother nor the father showed his or her love for the children and they wer...

Figuring Out Luck In "The Rocking-Horse Winner," by D.H. Lawrence luck is thought to be the controlling factor of people's lives. Throughout a person's life luck is the only controlling factor in this story. Paul is the major character in this story. Trough the st...

In "The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence, the emphasis on luck, materialism and money by Paul's loved ones drives him apart, and all he seeks is love and acceptance. The theme is shown through the characters and their actions. These factors are reflected tremendously in tod...

"The Rocking-Horse Winner" was written by D.H. Lawrence. This is a story about a young boy who is desperately searching for luck and money in order to please his unhappy mother. In the end, this search leads to Paul's untimely death. One can easily view this story as a fantasy in which Paul b...

Greed and Addiction "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence is a story of a boy named Paul who grows up in a family that is down on its luck and haunted by an unspoken phrase "There must be more money!" After a talk with his mother, he becomes convinced that he can become l...

The Rocking Horse Winner It seems that to be successful in life, you need to have a certain amount of luck. Paul first realized this when he asked his mother why they don't keep a car of their own? When she replies that they do not have a car because they are poor, he inquires "Why ar...