Effects of Love and Money
<Tab/>In Lawrence's short story "The Rocking Horse Winner," a boy named Paul exhibits the desire of every human being, to be loved. Paul's driving force to be loved appears in several aspects of the story including the values and attributes his parents instill in him, the symbolic representation of Paul's life and death as shown by his parent's relationship, and the maddeningly "talking" rocking horse. First, Paul's life represents the course of his parents' relationship from life to death. When the love and affection from his mom dwindled away,…
