The document provides instructions for a discussion response to the short story "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence. Students are asked to identify a main theme in the story, explain the author's message conveyed through that theme, and provide at least one example and quotation from the story to illustrate their point. They must also discuss how this theme affects their interpretation of the story and whether it makes the story more powerful. The instructions emphasize using evidence from the story to support claims through quotations and citations.
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develop a one- or two-paragraph response to the following:
Identify one of the main themes used in the story. Explain the message the author is
conveying by telling the story in this way.
Provide at least one specific example and at least one quotation from the story to illustrate
your point.
Discuss how this message affects your reading and interpretation of the story. Is the story
more effective or powerful because this theme is included?
Theme refers to the underlying messages or major ideas presented in the story. The author
presents some belief about life by telling the story in a certain way. You, as the reader, can
interpret what message you received from reading the story, but you must be able to offer
evidence to support your viewpoint by sharing examples and quotations from the story.
Theme refers to the underlying messages or major ideas presented in the story. The author
presents some belief about life by telling the story in a certain way. You, as the reader, can
interpret what message you received from reading the story, but you must be able to offer
evidence to support your viewpoint by sharing examples and quotations from the story.
provide evidence for your claims in the form of quoted passages from the story. Quotations,
paraphrases, and summaries should be cited according to A.P.A rules of style, including in-
text and reference citations. Quoted material should not exceed 25% of the document
THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER by D. H. Lawrence
There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no
luck. She married for love, and the love turned to dust. She had bonny children, yet she felt
they had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them. They looked at her coldly, as if
they were finding fault with her. And hurriedly she felt she must cover up some fault in
herself. Yet what it was that she must cover up she never knew. Nevertheless, when her
children were present, she always felt the centre of her heart go hard. This troubled her, and
in her manner she was all the more gentle and anxious for her children, as if she loved them
very much. Only she herself knew that at the centre of her heart was a hard little place that