Robert’s Blogs

The talking between the mother and boy Paul, early in the story set precedence for what money and winning can be interpreted. Money in The Rocking-Horse Winner represents a false hope of happiness. This connection between luck and money really point out Lawrence’s attitude toward avarice and gives the protagonist his one fatal flaw which is trying to please his mother to stop the house from whispering. In the end the luck Paul has isn’t the right kind, so he wins the money but dies in the process. In a loose interpretation of the storyLawrence makes the story similar to King Midas, where Midas wanting everything in his kingdom to be gold, so Zeus grants him this power and King Midas becomes terribly unhappy because he cannot eat, interact with others, or live in comfort. The morals of both of these stories are the same.