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Lawrence's Literary Devices
When reading various works of literature, one often overlooks the importance of certain themes, symbols, and styles of writing that emphasize or even create the messages or feelings the author is attempting to convey. These subtle details are essentially the meat and potatoes of any work, and therefore one cannot comprehend the true meaning of the work without fully understanding these literary devices. D.H. Lawrence's The Rocking Horse Winner is a short story chock full of literary devices that turns this story from a simple, sad tale of a young boy into a grand dilemma consisting of sex, greed, neglect, and hidden lust.
Sexual tones are expressed throughout the story through symbols, character interactions, and Lawrence's word usage. The boy's rocking horse and the manner in which Lawrence describes the use of this horse can be considered very sexual. "The rocking horse is his "mount" which is "forced" onwards in a "furious ride" towards "frenzy."......

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