Compare and contrast: Rocking Horse Winner and The Destructors

Does the possession of money or material possessions lead to happiness? Or does it lead to destruction? In his story "The Rocking Horse Winner," D.H. Lawrence depicts an example of how the pursuit of materialistic items will lead to destruction. "The Destructors" by Graham Greene also exemplifies the pursuit of material satisfaction in the form of notoriety which also leads to destruction. These authors argue that the pursuit of material possessions gives a false …

…by a materialistic pursuit? The pursuit of items and things and only wanting more leads to a destructive pattern of behavior. Money, possessions, and fame are not everything. Too much emphasis on material items in one form or another does not lead to happiness, but destruction. The moral, to sum up the two themes, the pursuit of "stuff" through possessions or notoriety is like riding a bus or a rocking horse. It gets you nowhere.