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1、1.IntroductionDavidHerbertRichardsLawrencewasoneofthegreatestnovelistsofthe20thcentury.Inhisshortlife,hewrotemanynovelswhichenjoyedgreatpopularity.TheRocking-HorseWinnerisoneofthemostfamousshortstorieswrittenbyDHLawrence.InTheRocking-HorseWinner,ayoungboy,Paul,perceivesthatthereisneverenoughmoneyinh
2、isfamily,hesetsouttofindawaytogetmoneythroughluck.Hediscoversthatifherideshisrocking-horsefastenough,hewillsomehow"know"thenameofthewinninghorseinthenextrace.Hebeginstomakemoneyandsecretlyfunnelthismoneytohismother,butthedesireformoremoneyonlygrowsmoreintenseinsteadofgoingaway.Hefinallyrideshisrocki
3、ng-horsesofuriouslyinordertodiscoverthewinneroftheDerbythathefallsintoillnessanddies.ThisstoryshowsthematerializedrelationshipbetweenpeopleandthedistortedcharacterincapitalismsocietyfollowingtheEnglishindustrialrevolutionwhichdestroyedanddistortedhumanity.Thisarticleaimsatanalyzingthecharactersofthi
4、swork.2.Thecharacters2.1PaulPaulistheyoungboyinthestorywhotriesdesperatelytofindawaytohave“luck”meaningmoney,forhismother.Hebeginstoridehisrockinghorsefuriously,eventhoughhehasoutgrownit,becausewhenhedoesso,hesomehowisgiventhenameofthehorsethatwillwinthenextrace.Hemakesanastoundingamountofmoneythisw
5、aywiththehelpofthegardenerBassett(whoplaceshisbetsforhim),andlaterwiththehelpalsoofhisUncleOscar.Forthefinalbigrace,theDerby,herideshimselfintoafeverishdelirium,butheissureofthewinner.Hisuncleplacesalargebetforhim.Justashisunclearrivestotellhimofthefortunehehasmade,hediesfromthefever.Pauldiesforthes
6、akeofmakingmoneyforthefamily,particularlyhismother,eventhoughher“heartwasastone.”Paulseemscompletelyunawarethathehasovertakenresponsibilitiesthatarerightlyhisparents’.Heseemsonlyconcernedwithrelievingtheanxietyheperceivesinthehousecausedbyalackofmoney.Hetriestounderstandwhythereisnotenoughmoneybyask
7、inghismother,butsheonlysaysthathisfather“hasnoluck.”Hedirectlyassociatesluckwithmoney,sothegamblingseemslikeanaturalsolutiontotheproblem.HeissoinnocentinhisenthusiasmforthegamehebeginsplayingwithBasse
