The Rocking Horse Winner Essay

David Hebert Lawrence published many stories throughout his life. He grew up around a father who was a coalminer and a mother who was a schoolteacher. In addition to that he didn’t complete high school, but he did go on to attend Nottingham University College, while working for a surgical-appliance manufacture, as well as teaching at a nearby school near London. After writing his novel Sons and Lovers he was known as a literary figure in 1913. The Lawrence family left England and started exploring the world, later D.H. Lawrence was diagnosed with tuberculosis and soon past away in 1930. This essay will consist of informative information about Davis Hebert Lawrence’s short story The Rocking Horse Winner. The plot of this short story is easy

H. Lawrence added a ton of symbolism in The Rocking Horse Winner. Such as the phrase “"lucky in money, unlucky in love" assumes the mantle of a double entendre as the events unfold; "the wooden horse that takes its rider nowhere" symbolizes the capitalist urge for advancement merely to maintain the status quo” (Baker, Simon.). Sex and Religion is very symbolic in this short story. For an example, when “Paul's "mount," which is "forced" onwards in a "furious ride" towards "frenzy."” (Baker, Simon.). Therefore, it is a matter of symbolism that is very hard ignore; the allusions toward masturbation in Paul's "secret of secrets" (especially in his death scene) such as in D.H. Lawrence’s, "Pornography and Obscenity": "Masturbation is the one thoroughly secret act of the human being.... The body remains, in a sense, a corpse, after the act of self-abuse."(Baker, Simon.). Another example is the religious symbolism. “Bassett perceives Master Paul as a seer, telling Oscar in a "secret, religious voice" that "it's as if he had it from Heaven," an irony considering Paul's claim that "God told" him of his luck.” (Baker, Simon.). The Märchen framework is, “he who bargains with evil powers for knowledge and wealth”, for an example, Hester in the last scene, when Paul “her poor devil” collapses and dies ("What in God's name was it?") everything turns into a nightmare (Baker, Simon.). Therefore the “diversity of narrative modes and the complexity of the symbolism make "The