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Shawna Smith Smith 1 Dr. Cain -Calloway English 1302 28 October 2011 Works Cited Evans, Robert. â€Å"The Rocking Horse Winner.† Short Fiction: A Critical Companion (1997): 150- 157. Literary Reference Center Plus. Web. 9 Oct. 2011. Heise, Joris. â€Å"Characters, Plots, and Themes in ‘The Rocking Horse Winner.’† Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction 8.2 (2008): 62-74. Literary Reference Center Plus. Web. 9 Oct. 2011. Koban, Charles. â€Å"Allegory and the Death of the Heart in ‘The Rocking Horse Winner.’† Studies In Short Fiction 15.4 (1978): 391. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Oct. 2011. Lawrence, D.H. â€Å"The Rocking Horse Winner.† The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. 7th ed. Shorter. Eds.†¦show more content†¦Heise first begins his study on the short story with his view of the story as a parable. He then goes on to explain some of the characters. The first character Heise informs the reader about is the mother. She is explained in the beginning of the story like a character is often explained in a fairytale. The author explains that the mother has failed at motherhood and has an absence of love for her family. She has a great need for a social status that is far above her family’s means. Heise explains that the mother is in a self versus self conflict. The author then explains the boy in the story. The boy can sense an absence of love from his mother. He wants to know that his mother feels real love for him in the end. The children feel a sense of anxiety in the house. The house is also portrayed by Heise almost as a chara cter. The house whispers to the children as if it were a real person. Shawna Smith Smith 1 Dr. Cain-Calloway English 1302 10 October 2011 Summary of â€Å"Allegory and the Death of the Heart in ‘The Rocking Horse Winner’† In Charles Koban’s study â€Å"Allegory and the Death of the Heart in ‘The Rocking Horse Winner,’† he explains many topics. Koban explains that Lawrence did not think that money was evil by itself. Also the author feels that a man was not truly free until he lost