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Why is it that Hollywood often destroys a story by missing the position the author anticipated? Hollywood often sacrifices meaning and creates suspense and action to imprison the audience. In doing so the production of the movie is frequently far from the story interpretation. In the short story “The Rocking-Horse Winner” written by D.H. Lawrence and the movie portrayal The Rocking Horse Winner directed by Peter Medak. There are discrepancies between the short story and its movie depiction. The most noticeable features between the two are differences in setting, characterization and plot. Setting affects the mood and atmosphere in the short story and the movie. A major dissimilarity between the two lies in the description of the house. In the short story the house is described as a “pleasant house, with a garden, and they had discreet servants, and felt themselves superior to anyone in the neighborhood.” In the movie the house appears to have the structure of a castle. There is no implication of any neighbors instead the house is isolated from any other outside contact. It gives a feeling of houses that date back to the medieval era. Nor in anyway is it portrayed as a “pleasant house” castles commonly give off an