An Analysis of the Ending of Rocking Horse Winner

Some texts have very interesting pieces to them. Sometimes that interesting piece is located at the beginning of a story it can also be in the middle of the story and for those with suspense toward the ending. When the largest phenomenon exists at the end it really gives a sense of suspense throughout because just about anything has an opportunity of popping up in the story. Therefore all the events leading up to the end had meaning without the reader even knowing the real meaning or significance of that particular event in again in the end everything becomes much more apparent to the reader. Some stories like Rocking Horse Winner D.H. Lawrence doesn’t seem to have much importance to the reader because all the events seem to become quite repetitive yet in the end the reader is thrown for a curveball. Also in A Shocking Accident by Graham Greene there is something rather unusual to the very shocking as the title suggests text in which the boy’s wife does not laugh at the way his father died. Now this may not seem like a big deal, yet if the reader of this essay were to read that story it would all make more sense as to why the ending is such a interesting moment in the reading. Of course, both of these texts had very surprising endings and weren’t quite predictable throughout. Although both of these stories had an interesting ending the ending of Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence was more shocking.

To begin, the first reason it was so shocking is because he seemed so lucky by the end of the story. The young boy was so consumed with own luck which became the only important part of his life due to some things he experienced as a young child. For example on page 1252 it says, “Daffodil came in first, Lancelot second, Mirza thir...

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...herefore it was an interesting thing to read because he basically died from riding his horse too hard which is difficult to wrap around in my mind knowing that there is a deeper meaning to the boys cause of death.

In the end, this text did indeed have a very interesting and twisted ending. Leaving the reader almost still engaged with the story already over and having the reader scratching their head wondering what really just happened in that story then looking back upon the story for pieces of information that may help solve the puzzle. Again the boy’s consumption with greed ultimately led to his tragic death. The mother herself was to blame for stuffing all this nonsense into a young man’s head. And finally that he could die from riding a horse too hard with a deeper meaning behind it all a dark meaning.

Works Cited

The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence