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Literary elements in the story:
Genre- Short story.
Setting and context -England in 1949.
Narration- third person narrator
Protagonist- Paul and there is no antagonist.
Major conflict- Paul's mother, Hester is dissatisfied with the material possessions.
Contrast and drastic irony are the two important literary devices included in the story.
Climax- Paul's mother comes home from the party, worried about her son, only to discover him riding his rocking-horse violently and screaming the name of the nexf winner of the race. He collapses.
Foreshadowing- The narrator mentions that Paul has a 'secret within secrets' and it's clear that Paul is always keeping something from others.
Understatement- Paul tells his mofher that she has nothing to worry about even though his riding his rocking-horse is clearly deteriorating his mental health.
Paradox- Paul's mother wants more money but when she gets more money, she becomes even more dissatisfied.
Personification- Paul's house seem to whisper to them in human language

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Identity is discussed in the story where Hester struggles to find an identification separate from traditional female roles as a woman or a mother.
It is also seen that Hester alternates between her need to maintain a private and a public social identity rooted in her need to fulfill her traditional positions as a wife, mother and a woman deserving of social dignity.

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How language is used in the short story.

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Simile

(When Paul was talking to his uncle)
"And  then   the house whispers like people laughing at you behind your back"

Paul uses simile to show how society laughs at people like his mother behind their back while praising them to their faces.The whisper of the house refers to the dissatisfaction felt by Paul's mother,Hester over the lack of money coming into the house. That is why Paul is so keen in winning,he wants to satisfy his mother's need for money.

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Summary  of The Rocking horse winner
The Rocking Horse winner  is a short story  by DH Lawrence  .The Rocking Horse Winner  relates the desperate and foredoomed effort of a young boy to win his mother's  love by seeking the luck that she bitterly maintains she doesnot have, by bringing  her the luxurious  life far which she longs Paul hopes to win her love to compensate  her for her unhappiness with his father and to bring peace  to the anxious  ,unhappy  household he detetmines to find luck after a conversation  with  his mother .In which  she tells him that she is not lucky  having married  an unlucky husband  and that it is better  to have luck than money because  luck brings money .In response  Paul clearly accepts  the unspoken invitation   to take his father's  place  in fulfilling his mother's  dreams of happiness. His purpose seems to be fulfilled  when with the help of Bassett  the gardener he begin to win money betting  on horse races shortly  there after he confides in his uncle Oscar whom he also considers lucky because  Oscar's gift of money  started his winning  streak .Paul,Oscar  and Bassett  continue to bet and win until  Paul has five thousand  pounds  to give his mother  for her birthday to be distributed  to her over the next five years  when she receives the anonymous  present she does not  seem at all happy but set whole five thousand pounds  at once as a result  Hester becomes  even more obsessed with  money increasingly anxious for more also the house which previously  seemed to whisper  "There must more money  ! There  must be more money " now screeches the same refrain  Paul unable to percieve that his mother  is unppeasable and redoubles his efforts to win more money  for her .He hides himself  away alone with his secret source of information  on the outcome of races .This secret which he shared with  no one is his mysterious  nameless  rocking  horse which he rides hectically until he gets to the point at which he knows the name of the winner in the next big race desperate  to know the name of the winner  in the Derby  he urges his parents  to take a brief vacation summoned back to Paul by astrange sense of foreboding  Hester returns to see Paul fall from his horse .Bassett  runs to tell Paul  that  he has successfully guessed  the Derby  winner  and is now rich Paul tells his mother  "Iam  lucky" and then he dies there upon his uncle comment "he is the best gone out of a life where he rides his rocking  horse to find the winner "

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How gender is addressed in The Rocking Horse Winner.
The gender perspective is about the impact of different genders, social and behavior on people’s opportunities, social roles and interactions. Feminist critic may see cultural and economic disparities as the product of a patriarchal society. Being lucky does not mean one gender is more lucky than the other. Luck is referred to money and Hester thinks she is lucky compared to her husband. Paul was obsessed in gambling because he wanted to prove that he is also lucky. Hester describes her husband as an “unlucky husband”. With this expression it is easy to see that Hester does not love her husband. Lawrence uses this phrase to’ demonstrate Hester’s inability to love and imply that her cravings for money is what turns her love to “dust” and causes the failure to her marriage.

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How identity is addressed in the story

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Literary elements in The rocking horse winner.

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This is Hester, Paul’s mother. Her happiness depends on material things.

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This is the protagonist Paul with uncle Oscar

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The short story we chose is The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H Lawrence