Only Hester Is Mother <Tab/>When one first reads "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence, one sees that it is a story about a little boy who rides his rocking horse to secretly gain money to buy his mother the happiness that she so secretly aches for. It is in retrospect, however, that one realizes that the story is not about the little boy but rather about his mother Hester …showed first 75 words of 1218 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1218 total…Works Cited Lawrence, D. H. "The Rocking Horse Winner." Dowse.com. 19 Jul. 2005 <http://www.dowse.com/fiction/Lawrence.html>. Magill Book Reviews. "The Rocking-Horse Winner DH Lawrence 1933 Short Story". Magill Book Reviews. 1 Aug. 1990. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. South Dakota State University, Hilton M. Briggs Library. 19 Jul. 2005 <http://lib.sdstate.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=9008011181>.