The hidden truth in "The Rocking Horse Winner" by DH LawrenceThe plot of "The Rocking Horse Winner" by DH Lawrence reveals to the reader the conflicts between Paul and his mother using different levels or forms of secrecy. There are secrets hidden throughout the house that lead Paul and his mother to an unpleasant life. The first level of secrecy is the actual secrets that Paul and Paul's mother are hiding from each other. The second form of secrecy is that DH Lawrence uses a narrative writing style. This way of writing contains many secrets. Finally, the third level of secrecy occurs through the use of symbolism. Paul's mother tries to show others that she is a good mother even though "in the center of her heart [there is] a hard place where you can't feel love, no, no." for anyone" (Lawrence 524). The children know that their mother has this block towards love and Paul's goal is to find love from his mother. His mother's only obsession is to have money. According WR Martin Paul's mother believes that if she had money her problems would disappear and she could get that "high social class" that she doesn't deserve to be in (65). a mother who is only interested in herself and the social class she lives in. Paul's secrets add conflict in the story because the secrets separate him and his mother and ultimately lead to his death. Paul rides a wooden rocking horse that his parents gave him. While he rides a voice sometimes magically whispers the next week's winner in the next horse races Unbeknownst to his mother, Paul will ask the young gardener Bassett to bet behind his back on the horse races. Then he gives... middle of paper... a classic story. He didn't just write a story that had a good plot, but a story that had a lot of in-depth arguments. The way the conflicts were shown throughout the story between Paul and his mother using secrecy was magnificent. DH Lawrence is an excellent writer and "The Rocking Horse Winner" is a great example of his talent. Works Cited Beauchamp, Gorman. "Lawrence's Rocking Horse Winner." Explicator 31.5 (1973): Article 32.Fitz, LT "'The Rocking Horse Winner' and the Golden Bough." Studies in Short Fiction 9 (1973): 199-200. Junkins, Donald. "'The Rocking Horse Winner': A Modern Myth." Studies in Short Fiction 2.1 (1964): 87-89.Martin, W.R. "Fantasy or Imagination? 'The Rocking Horse Victor'." College English 24 (1962): 64-65.Steinbeck, John. "The winner of the rocking horse." Modern narrative studies 9.1 (1965): 390-391.