Money - “The Rocking-Horse Winner”
D.H Lawrence confirms, “There was never enough money. The mother had a small income ,and the father had a small income, but not nearly enough for the social position which they had to keep up.” Money displays the commoditization of family worth. They focus on accruing more money to brandish their prosperous lifestyle. As a result, they are everlastingly disgruntled. Overemphasis on money displaces familial affection.
The rocking-horse - “The Rocking-Horse Winner”
The horse characterizes psychosis that is prompted the disproportionate yearning to assert Paul’s luck. D.H Lawrence explains, “When the two girls were playing dolls in the nursery, he would sit on his big rocking-horse, charging madly into space, with a frenzy that made the little girls peer at him uneasily.” Paul trusts that riding the horse would divulge the winner of the races and guarantee him a conquest in his bets. The horse fast-tracks Paul’s madness which culminates in his ill-fated passing.
Chrysanthemums - “The Odour of Chrysanthemums”
D.H Lawrence observes, “Beside the path hung dishevelled pink chrysanthemums, like pink cloths hung on push.” The form of the obvious, ungroomed chrysanthemums in the exposition epitomizes the family’s muddled life. The messiness is augmented by the patriarch’s volatility and predilection for intoxication.
