`The Rocking Horse Winner` by D.H Lawrence

The term motif ' means pattern ' or structure ' or theme ' Any thing that has a repetitive pattern in it may be said to have a motif Thus , a sweaters , songs , carpets , paintings , murals , and even stories may be said to have a motif if they follow or contain some kind of repetitive and recognizable pattern . Many stories follow age-old themes (patterns or motifs . One of the oldest is the Cinderella motif , which was most recently exploited in the film Pretty Woman . Other universal literary motifs include such common themes as the quest - the search

for new worlds (Indiana Jones rebellious youth - adults are square and corrupt (Star Wars and Risky Business the wish which once obtained is dangerous (Big and good versus evil (name a western . This short story is also built around one of these very basic themes . Which one does it lean on ? Explain your reasoning (As you will see , while Lawrence utilizes a basic motif , he has a deeper secondary theme in mind

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil . Some people eager for money , have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs (1 Timothy 6 :10 . The story of the young boy who attempts to achieve his Mother 's love through successfully gambling , The Rocking Horse Winner , holds at it 's core the basic motif that , the desire for money and social status is a harmful , disruptive force . The moral theme is revealed through the protagonist , Paul , and his dramatic relationships with other characters in the story his father , mother and Oscar . The second obvious moral to The Rocking Horse Winner is that often one does not realize what they have and how they we feel about it until it is gone

Be specific . What are two elements of this story that give it the quality of a fairy tale

The first element of the story that gives it the quality of a fairy tale is the style of writing used by D .H . Lawrence . The use of sentences such as "There was a woman who was beautiful who started with all the advantages , yet she had no luck " and Only she herself knew that at the center of her heart was a hard little place that could not feel love no , not for anybody , provides the reader with a sense of timelessness and fantasy which are common elements of fairy tales . Secondly , fairy tales , like fables , always contain a lesson or moral within them Within The Rocking Horse Winner , two morals emerge , the first that greed leads to an ill fate and secondly that often people , when searching for more in life , do not realize what they have already

How does Paul 's mother differ from most of the stepmothers in fairy tales

The step mother presented in The Rocking Horse Winner differs from the traditional stereotypical wicked ' stepmother image of traditional fairy tales such as Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel ' as she is presented as a...