Summary of "The Rocking Horse Winner"
"The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence is about a boy,
Paul, who makes a great deal of money by betting on horses.
He knows which horses to bet on because somehow, when he
rides his rocking Horse; it tells him which one will win.
Paul's family needed money. Bent on helping his mother, who
equates "luck" with "wealth," Paul gains an interest on betting
on the horses. Fronted by the family gardener Bassett, Paul begins
to make a lot of money, but seems to become more and more
obsessed with a toy rocking horse. With the help of his uncle
Oscar, Pa…
