Essay on Luck and Fate in The Rocking Horse Winner -- Rocking Horse Wi

Luck and Fate in The Rocking Horse Winner   The Rocking Horse Winner, by D.H. Lawrence, is an informative story active luck and ones own fortune.  In this story, Lawrence attempts to illustrate how one can guide ones own fate, instead of allowing things to happen by chance.  He believes that the only person that affects what happens to someone, is very that person himself.  Everything is what you make of it, is Lawrences message to the reader.  By his use of characterization, instructional images, and irony in The Rocking Horse Winner, D.H. Lawrence attempts to convey to the reader that success and luck are not something that one entirely waits for to arrive, but things that one must works to achieve.               Lawrence uses to contrasting characters to help convey his point, namely those of the boy Paul, and his mother, Hester.  Paul, according to the story, is lucky, whereas his mother is not.  It w as not simply decided upon that it would be this way, but each character had a hand in how they would end up.  Pauls mother allowed herself to be resigned to the fact that fate had dealt her an unlucky hand.  though she had three wonderful children, she could not love them.  Though she had a roof over her head, she was not content, and yet she did nothing to change this besides wait for the difference that never came.  The story says that Hester wanted to be first in something, and did not succeed, and when she did not succeed, she moved on instead of working towards her goal.  Paul, on the other hand, learned very quickly that if he is to succeed, he must have dedication.  Paul applied him... ...mple, and death.  She discovers the poor boy rocking himself into unconsciousness on the horse, and only understands the significance and sizeableness of his exertion upon his death.  Pauls mother, the inadvertent teacher, becomes the student, only to los e her teacher.               Lawrence wishes for his readers to understand the significance of working towards your goals before enjoying the fruits of ones labor.  He instructs that waiting for good things to just fall into your lap is a lost cause, and the odds are hugely against you.  If however, this does happen to you, that you should take your gold and sit on it,  before making any kind of decision around its proper use.  Chances might be that the products themselves might depict their use, as in Pauls case.