Biographical Analysis of "The Rocking Horse Winner". Paper linking the facts about the life of the author with the plot and factors supporting that plot.

"The Rocking Horse Winner," by D. H. Lawrence, was first published in Harper's Bazaar magazine in July 1926 and includes many similarities to Lawrence's own life. The story's financial strife, domestic relations, and sentiments toward love are paralleled by his real life and are affected by a desire for money. The financial situation of the family in the story has resemblances to his own. In the story, the mother attempts to live in a higher social …

…many more I found, are compelling evidence that D. H. Lawrence purposely wrote them into the story. Resemblances to his life add much content and meaning to the short story, give the reader the opportunity to understand him, and make a fairy-tale story seem almost real. Reference: © "Biography of D.H. Lawrence" John Worthen, 1997 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/dhlawrence/biog-full/chap1.phtml "The Rocking Horse Winner" D. H. Lawrence, 1933