The Rocking Horse Winner A society based on strong aristocratic values can cause one to embrace greed and personal gain, indirectly blinding the view of what really matters. In this society, social status is of the utmost importance. In "The Rocking Horse Winner" written by D.H. Lawrence, a family structure collapses under a mother's insatiable quest for money, personal gain, and the desire to reach beyond her social class. Paul, the young boy, driven …showed first 75 words of 586 total…

…showed last 75 words of 586 total…mother grieving, even if for the wrong reasons. The mothers need for high-class living pushes Paul to the edge. The young boy cannot take such pressure and stress given from the one person he truly wants to please. Paul ends up dying, only trying to give his mother what she wants and needs, which sadly to say, is not the love of a child, but rather money and a rise in social status and position.