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THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER

The Rocking Horse Winner
Lucky. That's what this whole story is about, being lucky. It seemed that to be
successful in this society you had to have a certain amount of luck about you to be able
to make money to survive. Paul seemed to be the first to realize it when he asked his
mother why don't we keep a car of our own? Why do we always use Uncle's, or else a taxi?
When she replied that it was because they were poor he asked why and she said Because
your father has no luck.
I believe it was from this conversation that he realized that to be rich you had to be
lucky, what he could not figure out was how you got lucky. His mother thought you had to
be born with it but Paul was convinced that he could find his own luck. His drive to find
luck was fueled by the whispers that he heard throughout the house There must be more
money. He thought that if he found luck he would be able to make enough money to make the
whispers stop. His method of searching for luck was rather unusual and eventually led to
his downfall. While everyone was going about their regular business Paul would ride like
crazy on an old rocking horse he had in his bedroom. He thought that if he rode long
enough he would eventually find luck. Eventually it seemed as if Paul found what he was
looking for, he developed a habit of betting on horse races. When his Uncle noticed that
he was getting very lucky at choosing whom the winner would be(even if there were big
odds against a horse, Paul would bet on it if he thought it would win) he approached his
nephew about his lucky streak. Paul said that all he did was ride his rocking horse until
something in his head told him who the winner would be. His Uncle did not question his
methods and eventually started betting on the horses that Paul did. They went on living
like this for a long time with Paul riding his horse until he knew the winner and then
they would make more and more money off his decisions. When Paul was older there were a
couple of races where he did not know who the winner would be and he got really worried.
He should have been happy with the money that he had but he had become obsessed with
gambling and winning money so he rode even harder on his rocking horse. When the biggest
race of the year came around he rode his horse all night like a madman, for that is what
he had become. He eventually knew who would win but ended up dying during the night
without having been able to enjoy the eighty thousand pounds that he had won for being
lucky.
As you can see, the recurring theme in this story was luck, a thing some people call a
gift but in this case it ended up being a curse. Paul did prove to his mother that you
could find luck but what he did not realize then was that there would be a terrible price
to pay for it.
The Rocking Horse Winner
Lucky. That's what this whole story is about, being lucky. It seemed that to be
successful in this society you had to have a certain amount of luck about you to be able
to make money to survive. Paul seemed to be the first to realize it when he asked his
mother why don't we keep a car of our own? Why do we always use Uncle's, or else a taxi?
When she replied that it was because they were poor he asked why and she said Because
your father has no luck.
I believe it was from this conversation that he realized that to be rich you had to be
lucky, what he could not figure out was how you got lucky. His mother thought you had to
be born with it but Paul was convinced that he could find his own luck. His drive to find
luck was fueled by the whispers that he heard throughout the house There must be more
money. He thought that if he found luck he would be able to make enough money to make the
whispers stop. His method of searching for luck was rather unusual and eventually led to
his downfall. While everyone was going about their regular business Paul would ride like
crazy on an old rocking horse he had in his bedroom. He thought that if he rode long
enough he would eventually find luck. Eventually it seemed as if Paul found what he was
looking for, he developed a habit of betting on horse races. When his Uncle noticed that
he was getting very lucky at choosing whom the winner would be(even if there were big
odds against a horse, Paul would bet on it if he thought it would win) he approached his
nephew about his lucky streak. Paul said that all he did was ride his rocking horse until
something in his head told him who the winner would be. His Uncle did not question his
methods and eventually started betting on the horses that Paul did. They went on living
like this for a long time with Paul riding his horse until he knew the winner and then
they would make more and more money off his decisions. When Paul was older there were a
couple of races where he did not know who the winner would be and he got really worried.
He should have been happy with the money that he had but he had become obsessed with
gambling and winning money so he rode even harder on his rocking horse. When the biggest
race of the year came around he rode his horse all night like a madman, for that is what
he had become. He eventually knew who would win but ended up dying during the night
without having been able to enjoy the eighty thousand pounds that he had won for being
lucky.
As you can see, the recurring theme in this story was luck, a thing some people call a
gift but in this case it ended up being a curse. Paul did prove to his mother that you
could find luck but what he did not realize then was that there would be a terrible price
to pay for it.