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ENGL1405 Discussion Forum1 DH Lawrence “The Rocking Horse winner” University of the People

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Four things noticed about DH Lawrence “The Rocking Horse winner” First thing noticed is that how “the beautiful woman” feels about her family seems to be based on intuition instead of action since others seem to approve of her actions. “There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. She married for love, and the love turned to dust. She had bonny children, yet she felt they had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them. […] Everybody else said of her: "She is such a good mother. She adores her children." (D.H. Lawrence 2015)

The second thing noticed is that the children in the story though they lived well were always anxious about life because there never seemed to be enough money. “There were a boy and two little girls. […] Though their father had good prospects, these prospects never materialised. There was always the grinding sense of the shortage of money, though the style was always kept up.” (D.H. Lawrence, 2015)

The third thing noticed is the mother blames the father for not having enough money in a passiveaggressive way. She says their state is because of father but also because of his level of luck. "Mother," said the boy Paul one day, "why don't we keep a car of our own? Why do we always use uncle's, or else a taxi?" "Because we're the poor members of the family," said the mother. "But why are we, mother?" "Well - I suppose," she said slowly and bitterly, "it's because your father has no luck." (D.H. Lawrence, 2015)

3 The Fourth thing noticed was that though Paul wanted to help his mother, he actually blamed her for the family’s bad luck and didn’t want her to know he was lucky. When he wins money with his uncle, they go through an elaborate setup to get his mother the money without knowing it was from Paul. “The boy watched him with big blue eyes, that had an uncanny cold fire in them, and he said never a word. "Well, then!" said the uncle. "What are we doing?" "I shouldn't like mother to know I was lucky," said the boy. "Why not, son?" "She'd stop me." "I don't think she would." "Oh!" - and the boy writhed in an odd way - "I don't want her to know, uncle." "All right, son! We'll manage it without her knowing." They managed it very easily. Paul, at the other's suggestion, handed over five thousand pounds to his uncle, who deposited it with the family lawyer, who was then to inform Paul's mother that a relative had put five thousand pounds into his hands, which sum was to be paid out a thousand pounds at a time, on the mother's birthday, for the next five years (D.H. Lawerence, 2015).” Works Cited D.H. Lawrence. (2015). The Biography.com website. Retrieved 10:45, Feb 03, 2015, from http://www.biography.com/people/dh-lawrence-17175776....