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What led to Paul’s untimely death in “The Rocking Horse Winner” of David Herbert Lawrence?

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What led to Paul’s untimely death in “The Rocking Horse Winner” of David
Herbert Lawrence? Do you think Paul’s death is a good ending for someone as
sensitive as him to escape from this hash and greedy world? Are you satisfied
with the ending of the story?
Paul is a boy extremely miserable by his mother's insatiable desire to make money.
One day, Paul asked his mother why their family didn't have a car; she replied that
they were poor, and that they were poor because they were not lucky. Don’t know
why, Paul insists he is a lucky man and he knows because God told him. His mother
laughed and angry. To prove himself to her, Paul began to find the source of luck.
he starts madly riding his rocking-horse, looking into its wide, glassy eyes and
asking it to take him to luck. Then, Paul discovered that when he rode his horse
hard enough, he would know the name of the real horse would win the next race.
On his horse, Paul's eyes are large, blue, tightly closed filled with a strange flame.
In the end, Paul could anonymously send his mother five thousand pounds, the
money she had been wasting on. Paul was terrified by the fact that the house is
now calling "more money" than ever. He shouted the name of the horse that
would win the Battle of Derby, Malabar, and fell to the ground. Paul entered a
period of feverish delirium, in which he chattered about Malabar and tried to turn
back to his rocking horse, his eyes like "blue stones". Eventually Bassett came to
tell him that Malabar had won. Paul excitedly explained his secret and told his
mother that he was lucky, but she did not remember him telling her about his luck
the first time. He died later that night.
Paul's death is a sad ending to the story, creating regret for the reader. He is
directly related to chance with money, so gambling seems to be a natural solution
to the problem. He was so naive in his enthusiasm for the game he started playing
with Bassett that even if his uncle found out that he had gambled, he still didn't
stop Paul from gambling. further. Even though Paul was still a child, all the adults,
Bassett, Uncle Oscar and Paul's mother, seem to treat him like an adult. No one
expected that Paul would pay a huge price for playing this game.
Throughout the story, Paul remains innocent, as well as desperate, to help out his
mother, who doesn't seem to care for Paul's concerns. Although the reader clearly




sees that Paul is very intelligent and sensitive, it seems that no one in the story
notices or appreciates Paul's gifts until it is too late.



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