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In D. H. Lawrence=s AThe Rocking-Horse Winner@, the protagonist Paul is exhausted to death by the greed of the men in his life. In the short story young Paul in a attempt to escape the torturing voices of greed in his house; rides his violently on his magic rocking-horse that predicts the winner to horse races. Paul does this in order to please his mother, who relates money luck to money, and money to class and success. Although Paul=s mother comes off prominently as a antagonist in the story, Paul=s uncle and gardener, Bassett play an equal if not dominating role in Paul=s demise through the exhaustion of ridding a rocking horse to find a winner. Paul=s mother is a cold woman that only loves money. If fact her greed prevents her from loving anything more, including her own children. AOnly she herself knew that at the cent