The Rocking-Horse Winner

"But the boy died in the night." "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence is a story mainly about greed. Paul's mother did not love her kids, but she loved money. Trying to be a good son, and possibly try and fill in for his father who did not make a ton of money, Paul gave his mother $1000 a year for 5 years; giving her some of his winnings from the horse races. Paul's mother was not happy with the small sums of money each year and wanted the money in full. She was never happy. When Paul finally won a ton of money in the Derby, he left it all to his mother because she needed it. Greed overcame her and in return she lost her son to death. This story has some elements of man vs. the supernatural as Paul struggled to do good by winning his mother money by riding on his rocking-horse where he received visions about who was going to win the horse races.