Paul
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Paul is the ill-fated, obsessive young boy in D. H. Lawrence’s short story “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” whose frantic quest to secure his family’s financial fortune drives the plot’s tragic climax.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paul canonical | 2 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| ability | supernatural knack for picking winning horses ⓘ |
| age | young boy ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Rocking-Horse Winner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | short story ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| associatedActivity | riding a rocking-horse to divine winning racehorses ⓘ |
| associatedObject | rocking-horse ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | collapse after frenzied rocking-horse ride ⓘ |
| centralConflict | attempts to solve his family’s money problems through betting on horse races ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
anxious
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determined ⓘ obsessive ⓘ |
| createdBy | D. H. Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emotionalState | haunted by the house’s whispering about needing more money ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
brother of unnamed sisters
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son of Hester ⓘ |
| fate | dies at the end of the story ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| motivation |
desire to please his mother
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desire to secure his family’s financial fortune ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives the plot’s tragic climax ⓘ |
| relationshipToMoney | believes luck will bring money GENERATED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist ⓘ |
| settingContext | upper-middle-class English household ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
embodiment of the cost of material obsession
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sacrifice to his mother’s desire for wealth ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
greed
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materialism ⓘ parental neglect ⓘ the destructive pursuit of luck ⓘ |
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