Critical essay on The Rocking-Horse Winner

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A DISTURBED CHILDHOOD IN THE SYMBOLISM OF THE `ROCKING HORSE WINNER ' BY D .H . LAWRENCE

A disturbed child lurks between the lines in the story , `Rocking Horse Winner . D .H . Lawrence offers a new dimension to fiction in his interestingly sinister portrayal of uncanny childhood abilities in the story , `Rocking Horse Winner . This particular tale by Lawrence is an unsettling narrative about a young boy , Paul , who develops a strange ability to foretell the outcome of horse races while seemingly

psychically communicating with his wooden rocking horse . His abilities stem from the added facet of the story that reveals that his family is in financial turmoil and his quest to resolve this situation causes him to seek solace in his rocking horse . The tale is rather unique because despite innocence in the matter of the child and the rocking horse a deeper symbolism emerges where a disturbed childhood is cleverly portrayed

The innocent presumptions to the tale originate directly from implications that the child , Paul , was merely playing make-believe when he bound his rocking horse and pretended that he was on his way to the place where luck could be found - luck , obviously , being the central theme of the story . So , seemingly , the image of Paul riding his wooden rocking horse in an attempt to resolve a domestic matter is a very accurate portrayal of how a child would innocently use his /her resources and childhood capacities to contribute...