The Rocking-Horse Winner

The most impressive part to me in the story was at the beginning of the story that the mother keeps saying that "there must be more money". Although the family had enough money, the mother did not satisfy with what she had because she concerned too much about how others think about her, so she had strong idea that she must show her neighbors that she is having happy and fullfilled life. Therefore the neighbors thought she is a good mother and having happy life but that wasn't really true. Her children and husband were the only people who knew the truth that she doesn't quite like her family. Although she did not say she doen't like her family, they could read that from her eyes.

Because she concerned only about money and how she looks, her son, Paul, had strong obsession that he must make money to make his mother happy. However that obsession got serious so that Paul felt like his house keeps whispering him that his family need more money. Finally he got illness and he could not get away from the idea that he should make more money. Moreover his mother's birthday was comming and he thought he have to do something special for her birthday so the illness became more serious. He made much money by betting at the horse race but at the time his illness was impossible to get back to normal. In my opinion, if the mother realizes her fault and felt sympathy of her son, he could get better. However she did not changed and all she did was just watching her son die. It was very impressive because nowaday many people have similar problem that concerning too much about money more than anything and that blind other things which is the most valuable in their life. If the mother did not keep saying that she needs more money, her son would not die. The greed that she got broughts her son's death. This story shows how tragic when people focus their life on the money and the result that brings. I think the phrase "there should bo more money" that the mother says shows how people in nowadays think and overall the story gives us the lesson that what the most important in life is not monet but love.