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Examining rapacity in The Rocking Horse WinnerIn The Rocking Horse Winner D. H. Lawrence tells us about the traumatic downf both of an upper middle class family essay to maintain appearances through habitual overspending. Both the parents with common jobs and expensive tastes (pg.646) wiretap each(prenominal) their resources to give their family the best however, it was only to retain their high locating in the society. The Rocking Horse Winner depicts a common demon we all face greed, societys need for more possessions and money often drives people to do drastic things.The magnificently decorated house had always been haunted by the unspoken phrase, there must be more money (pg.646). zippo said it aloud. Just as no one says We are alert In spite of the fact that breath is coming and going all the time. (pg.647) They heard it at Christmas, when the expensive and splendid toys filled the nursery. Behind the shinning new(a) rocking-horse, behind the smart dolls house, a voice wou ld start whispering in that location must be more money(pg.646).The house cried with pain as it pitie...