The Rocking-Horse Winner Symbolism

In D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” I believe that he uses the rocking-horse as symbol of the family’s greed and Paul as the symbol that breaks that greed. This symbolism is used to communicate the meaning of the story to the reader.
Money is a huge theme throughout the story. We are informed right off the bat that for this family “There was never enough money” (110). Now, when the reader hears this, they will most likely think that the family is poor. However, we soon find out that the family comes across as wealthy to others, yet has money problems that they keep to themselves. As the story goes on though, we begin to realize that the lack of money isn't because the family is just unwealthy, it is because the family greedy. In

There must be more money!” (110). On Christmas, the children are showered with costly toys and the main child in the story, Paul, is given an expensive rocking-horse. Paul comes to realize that through riding his rocking-horse, he can predict the winners of horse races and shares this information with his uncle and the gardener leaving out the fact that rocking-horse is his source. While his uncle and the gardener are only in it for the money, Paul selflessly decided to collect this money to give to his mother through her bank account without the mother realizing his giving it to her. As soon as the mother finds out about the increase of money in her account, she asks to take it all out and she spends it on various things. In spite of the increase in money, the voices in the house got louder having the opposite effect that Paul had hoped for. Paul and his uncle continue to bet on horses and raise more money, but no money would ever be enough for this family. As time goes on Paul begins to become more tense and frail. Has the big derby approached he was getting increasingly anxious, so the night before he rides the rocking horse like a madman. His mother comes to his room to see what the racket