• Topic: Speculate on how many mothers today (in different forms) that are similar to the mother in this story. Explain the form of their similarities

     

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Published: 04.11.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Topic: Speculate on how many mothers today (in different forms) that are similar', 1.
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Have you ever wondered how many mothers today that do not longer have the 'mother figures' or do not do their duties as real mothers? I bet, you wouldn't guess it right or not even close. In 'The Rocking Horse Winner', D.H. Lawrence created a character of a mother who was cold, abhorrent, negligent, and heartless. Her mental pressure of being dissatisfied, becoming fretful, and not feeling fulfilled with what she had already achieved had negatively influenced her only son into a little 'devil' who was overly obsessed to get 'luck' through gambling and transformed her own house into a kind…

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