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This paper describes the emphasis that the family in D.H. Lawrence's novel, "Rocking Horse Winner" places on having money and how this defines their idea of what it means to be a winner. The paper then looks at how this notion of being lucky and being a winner affects Paul, one of the main characters in the book, and how it ultimately cause his downfall.

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"In D.H. Lawrence's "Rocking Horse Winner", there is an imperative yearning for more money. This need for money seemed to be more important to the mother than were her own children. Both Paul's mother and Paul's father had expensive tastes, expensive styles, but lacked the finances necessary to support these characteristics. "There must be more money! There must be more money!" exclaimed Paul's mother. These needs for money led to an unfavorable anxiety throughout the home, which was felt by all who resided in it. It is not wrong for an individual to want more of something, but when that need becomes the sole focus in one's life, it can, and often times has, led to one's downfall. Therefore, Paul is not a winner because of his mother's beliefs about luck, his uncle's ideas about gambling, and Paul's illusions about winning."

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