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 today's society and create horrendous conflicts throughout the world.
             Many characters in "The Rocking Horse Winner" exemplify such values of luck, materialism and money. For example, when Paul explains to his mother that he's lucky and God told him, his mother responds bitterly, "I hope he did dear!" This demonstrates the mother's great regard for luck and for those she loves to be lucky. This desire for luck was so severe that she won't even love her children or husband because of their lack of luck. Paul accepts his mother's desire and thinks luck is an important trait to have. Following in his families footsteps Paul also aspires for great sums of money through gambling. Furthermore, he practices materialism in pretending to ride the winning horse on his rocking horse in order to determine the winning horse. Uncle Oscar also values money and gambles frequently and doesn't perceive a boy gambling at a young age to be a problem. All these characters are the components to explain the story's theme and illustrations of the author's view on luck, materialism and money.
             With such desires, the characters affect others because of their values influencing their actions. "Only she herself knew that at the center of her heart as a hard little place that could not feel love, no, not for anybody." This corroborates how the mother feels she can't love her family and Paul senses this and believes he can achieve high fortune, his mother's love and the silencing of the whispering house. He then becomes desperate for luck and uses gambling to attain this self-...