The intensity of the whispering makes Paul so anxious that he rides more than ever. He still hasn’t learned that “luck” and money will not stop the house from whispering or make his mother love him, and so the madness inside of him continues to grow, as symbolized by his inhuman eyes.
"The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a short story by D. H. Lawrence. It was first published in July 1926, in Harper's Bazaar and subsequently appeared in the first volume of Lawrence's collected short stories. It was made into a full-length film directed by Anthony Pelissier and starred John Howard Davies, Valerie Hobson and John Mills; the film was released in the United States in 1950.
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