By

D. H. Lawrence

D.H.Lawrence
1885 in Nottingham, England
Poetry, novels, short stories, plays essays A visionary thinker and representative of modernism

His work - the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization

Poems

Some great novels

The summary of The Rocking Horse Winner

Paul can predict the a middle class EnglishClimax family Freytags pyramid result of horse races by the anxiety about money in the riding his rocking horse. house Paul wins a big sum of repetitive sounds of the houses money but his mother is whispering "There must be more Pauls mother believes the still not satisfied. money reason why her familys lack Paul ridesResolution the rocking of wealth is they are down horse madly as Derby Inciting on luck Exposition race is coming. incident Paul claims he is lucky but Mom doesnt believe this, Oscar and the bet on Malabar inbedroom theresults Derby Uncle The hears a gardener strange noise from Pauls Paulmother tells his mother he is lucky the disastrous which angers him. and race Paul fellswin off the rocking horse.lucky He screams repeatedly : of Paul's obsession with being very ill Its remains Malabar! Paul Paul dies only wakes up to hear from Bassett thatbrain he hasfever. won He lapses into unconsciousness with some Paul Hes best gone out of a life where he rides a rocking 80,000 pounds. horse to find a winner

Setting
Period: Year 1926, a year just after the First World War. Location: London and Lincolnshire, England.

Places: - A pleasant home with garden in or near London. -Londons Richmond Park. -Lincoln Racecourse, Lincolnshire.

Characters
Paul: a boy whose mother doesnt love him as much as he wanted her to. Later on, he develops a supernatural power that enables him to precisely predict the winners of horses races. He wins thousands of pounds at racetracks that he sets aside to defray his mothers debts.

Characters
Pauls mother: A woman who becomes dissatisfied with her marriage after her husband fails to make enough money to support the elegant lifestyle that has put the family deep in d

Oscar Creswell:
Pauls uncle. He provides Paul the money that the boy uses to make his first successful bet.

Bassett:

The family gardener. He initiates Paul into the world of horse racing, and they become betting partners.

Point of view
Omniscient 3rd person
reveal the thoughts of the characters.

Conflicts
Cause: the craving for money
Internal conflict

The mother and herself Paul and himself

External conflict

Mother and Paul

Figures of speech
Personification
It came whispering from the springs of the stillswaying rocking-horse, and even the horse, bending his wooden, champing head, heard it. The big doll, sitting so pink and smirking in her new pram, could hear it quite plainly, and seemed to be smirking all the more self-consciously because of it. (Page 1, paragraph 4) => emphasize the demand for money to support the luxurious living style of the family, through the new toys of the children in the family.

Simile
Bassett was serious as a church. (Page 3, line 2 from the bottom) => emphasize how serious Bassett was when he insisted Oscar himself to go ask Paul about whatever he, Oscar, would like to know. "It's as if he had it from heaven. Like Daffodil, now, for the Lincoln. That was as sure as eggs." (Page 5, line 11 from the bottom)
=> Bassett emphasizes that Pauls talent/ability is real.

Simile
The voices in the house suddenly went mad, like a chorus of frogs on a spring evening. (Page 7, line 3 from the bottom)
=> emphasize that the voices became more and more noisy, to the point where they are incessant.

Metaphor
The uncle burst into a roar of laughter. (Page 4, line 14 from the bottom) => imply how loud Oscars laughter was, as he thought his nephews ideas and words are funny. The child had never been to a race-meeting before, and his eyes were blue fire. (Page 5, line 4 from the top) => describe the excitement of the boy, Paul, as this is the very first time that he has ever come to a racemeeting.

Synecdoche
"It's between you and me all right, you young Nat Gould," he said, laughing. "But where's your three hundred?. - Nathaniel Gould, always known as Nat Gould, (21 December 1857 25 July 1919) was a British novelist. At a young age, Gould became a good horseman but a poor farmer. Years after he became a novelist and many of his books were concerned with horse racing. (source : Wikipedia) => emphasize the fact that according to Oscars view, Paul is a kid who takes horse-racing seriously

Oxymoron
The child, flushed and with eyes blazing, was curiously serene. (Page 5, line 5 from the top) => indicate that the boy was excited about the result, but rather wait calmly for uncle Oscar to come back. The boy watched him with big blue eyes, that had an uncanny cold fire in them, and he said never a word. (Page 6, the last line) => Pauls strong desire to make more money in order to stop the whispers within his home.

Oxymoron
It was a soundless noise, yet rushing and powerful. (Page 9, line 7 from the bottom) => emphasize that this noise is so faint, but can still be felt or heard.

Symbol
1/Whisper
- The childrens material obsession ( page 2... there must be more money ! ) - The mothers greed and lust for money ( page 11.. there must be more money ...more than ever! More than ever! )

2/ Eyes
- Childrens eyes : the truth about the mothers love ( page 1.. only herself... They read in each others eyes ) -Pauls eyes: The secret dream and the passion ( page 7... eye blazing, big blue eyes.. Page 14 .. his eyes were like blue stones )

3/ The rocking-horse
- The

burning ambition to be loved and attented. - The luck which Paul wants to find. The rocking-horses moving up and down is also like his fortune

Tone
Sad She married for love, and the love turned to dust.

Bitter She said slowly and bitterly, "it's because your father has no luck. She had bonny children, yet she felt they Irony had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them

Themes
People are obsessed with material objects

Children want to be loved by parents and they will suffer from their parents neglect.
Life is full of tragic irony. People are opportunistic.

Group 3

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