Irony in the rocking horse
Irony in the rocking horseRocking Horse Irony
"The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence is a story about a boy named Paul who lives with parents that lack love and are filled with greed. Tormented by a house that whispers to him, Paul dies trying to convince his mother that he is lucky by picking horse race winners while he rides a rocking horse.
Paul does not like that his house whispers "there must be more money." He believes the whispering began because his parents seem to emphasize that there is never quite enough money. During a discussion with his uncle, he expresses his belief that the house will stop whispering when he becomes lucky. Instead of stopping, the whispering increases after Paul's mother benefits from his winnings.
In the beginning, Paul's mother, in effect, challenges him to prove that he is lucky. Paul's search for luck is conducted behind the reins of a rocking-horse, "charging madly into space." In his travels, Paul hears odd names...
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