Essay On The Rocking Horse Winner
The Rocking-Horse Winner Growing up in my small town of Kaufman, Texas I never paid attention to the name brand material items everyone had to have. I could have cared less about the newest “fad.” If I had food to eat and a roof over my head I considered it wealthy. I hadn’t the slightest clue about name brands or the fanciest televisions. Those were the golden days, where you weren’t judged by the amount of money you had or the brand of the jeans you wore. Individuals knew you by your characteristics and your habitual ways. They studied the person you are, as opposed to the person they wanted you to become. It seems as if now we are overlooked for simply not throwing down one hundred dollars plus on a new pair of jeans, or you are less wealthy
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We, as human beings should have the chance to create our names by the greatness of our heart. I realized much of this while reading the fictional selection, The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H Lawrence, one can immediately fall into the story. As I read this story, I caught myself studying my everyday life. I questioned my life in more ways than one. The story creates a picture that makes you question or change the way you go about your life. Based on those conclusions, it occurred to me that this story had to be an interpretive fiction. The story makes us consider and examine our everyday lives and the world we are surrounded …show more content…
Paul also experiences a wide range of emotions and life lessons throughout his trails. The story says that he receives his rocking-horse in December just before his fall term. Paul attends Etmon, a private school, which only considers educating thirteen year olds. It makes you question the purpose of his present. Why would a thirteen year old want a rocking horse? He dies in June, which is a very short time to experience this wild life. Since he dies at such an early age, it leads me to believe that he couldn’t differentiate real life perspectives as opposed to his imaginational ones. Every detail in the story brings a real life
We, as human beings should have the chance to create our names by the greatness of our heart. I realized much of this while reading the fictional selection, The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H Lawrence, one can immediately fall into the story. As I read this story, I caught myself studying my everyday life. I questioned my life in more ways than one. The story creates a picture that makes you question or change the way you go about your life. Based on those conclusions, it occurred to me that this story had to be an interpretive fiction. The story makes us consider and examine our everyday lives and the world we are surrounded …show more content…
Paul also experiences a wide range of emotions and life lessons throughout his trails. The story says that he receives his rocking-horse in December just before his fall term. Paul attends Etmon, a private school, which only considers educating thirteen year olds. It makes you question the purpose of his present. Why would a thirteen year old want a rocking horse? He dies in June, which is a very short time to experience this wild life. Since he dies at such an early age, it leads me to believe that he couldn’t differentiate real life perspectives as opposed to his imaginational ones. Every detail in the story brings a real life