The Rocking Horse Winner.

The Rocking Horse Winner Summary: This story is about a boy named Paul who received a rocking horse for Christmas, which made him excited about horse racing. At the same time seemingly unrelated events began to unfold: The boy's mother began to display lewd materialism and a drive for money, which in turn literally saturated the house in the form of reverberating voices which called for there to be more money. When Paul continuously heard …

…affection which he couldn't understand nor manage. Thus, he attempted to cover his lack of self-knowledge with knowledge about the external world (horse racing→made money→pleased his mother) which he hoped would bring him the love he needed. Lawrence once wrote "The real way of living is to answer to one's wants." Nevertheless, both Paul and his mother ignored their true feelings and became slaves of their external standards. They brought themselves miserable endings.