Money and love fight Literary Analysis

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Subject Area:English

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As this pondering variates into literature, D. H Lawrence, is a guy who lived during the transformation to the industrial revolution. He realized the increment of greed and materialism brought about by the industrial revolution. He thus wrote to reveal the dangers of this risen dependence of money in his stories. In this story, “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” the choices of the characters show the malicious effects of money and its effects on love. After Paul was asked the reasons for borrowing a car, his response was this: “Because we are poor members of the family” (101). The feeling in her son Paul to be provided for by his father hurts their relationship. She becomes fully occupied in gaining this wealth thus reducing the time she spends with her children.

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Love for money committed her to lose engagement with her children. This illustrates the wicked effects of money on those obsessed with it and the difficulties in balancing the two. ” She reveals to her boy that similarly, he is unlucky. The other people refer the mother as good. They say, “She is such a good mother. She adores her children. ” This was different as only her and her children knew that it was not so. It becomes impossible to be satisfied and money replaces love. The evidence of the damaging effects of money in the story is the thirst being created. It seems that the happiness of the mother and love to her son can be when he provides enough money to her.

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Unfortunately, the mother yearns for more and the voices become louder than before saying, ‘”There must be more money! Oh-h-h; there must be more money. Oh, now, now-w! Now-w-w-there must be more money!-more than ever! More than ever!’” (107). The intentions of Paul were admirable at first but had shifted with time. Similar to the other characters, money corrupted him. The spreading is a show of the poor effects of money; not just the love for money being strong but also spreading quickly (Lawrence & David, pg. In destroying the relationships, money will spread to other people and destroy the relationship from both sides. In this story, money and love resemble the two parts of the coin: One must face up as the other face down.

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