Character Of Paul In The South Dialectical Journal

After Paul had given his mother five thousand pounds for her birthday the echoes in the house grew. His mother’s expression did not change when she saw she had been given money. At this point, Paul realized he would forever be in debt to his mother and her nonexistent love for him. With each race he won, the echoes only continued to grow. Paul had created his own downfall because he fed into the house’s haunting words. He was easily manipulated into believing that having money was the only way to be happy. Paul’s mother viewed him as a burden and could not find a way to love him. As a result, he could not keep up with the lavish lifestyle and took his own life by surging madly to find more money. This short story indicates that adults heavily influence the thoughts and feelings children acquire at a young age.

The mother-son relationship in “The Rocking-Horse Winner” is a mess of unfulfilled desire, anxiety hostility, and terror. Hester is Paul’s mother, who does not care for anything but mother. Paul challenge to be lucky to win his cold mother heart. But, instead he see his mother anger and need mother. Eventuality, Paul did not do an enough to win his mother heart. Paul desire to please to his mother ultimately leads to his death. Perhaps, Connie also have a trouble relationship with her mother in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”? However, Connie and her mother do not get along well in the short stories. Connie’s mother never speak kindly to her and Connie does not think highly of her mother. The mother- daughter bicker constantly and disagree about almost everything. Connie mother envies Connie’s youth and beauty, which she herself has lost. At the end of the story, Connie’ mother whom Connie cries out for when she is presumably attacked by Arneld. She may love beauty but yet her love with her mother will end tragic. Perhaps, Paul may have a tragic terror ending with his mother with death and pain. Paul have fought his luck to win his heart towards his mother. But his mother was cold as stone. As well with Connie, she may love beauty and yet lost it with danger. The two short stories may have an unbound relationship with their mother’s and filled with terror and danger in

Hester tells Paul that luck is “what causes you to have money. If you’re lucky you have money. That’s why it’s better to be born lucky than rich. If you’re rich you may lose money. But if you’re lucky, you will always have money.” (236) This pushes Paul to desperately seek out luck so that his mother will be grateful for her life and provide her family with the love and affection that they so rightfully deserve. Paul believes his rocking horse is full of magical powers, which will help him achieve the luck he needs to gain his mother’s love. While Paul rides his rocking horse, the horse predicts the winning horse and ends up making Paul an appalling amount of money. Paul gives his winnings to his mother who squanders it on unnecessary materialistic things. He realizes that he must win more money to win his mother’s affections. He becomes mad and frantically searches for the next winner of the horse races. On Paul’s last ride to find the last winner of the horse race, he falls of the horse and eventually dies.

Paul is infatuated with luck for after being convinced that luck is the bane of his father and family he feels as if he is responsible for maintaining his family 's happiness with the success that his luck brings. Whispers that creep through his house are whispers of depression and doubt that plague Paul driving him forwards thus he states, “I started it for mother. She said she had no luck, because father is unlucky, so I thought if I was lucky, it might stop the whispering" (Lawrence 8). Paul finds himself encumbered with the burden of maintaining a family 's happiness. As an adolescent hoping to please his mother Paul must push himself past the limit of the

237). By riding his rocking horse Paul is able to predict the winner of horse races at the track. He uses this ability in an attempt to provide for the family. In doing this he tries to assume his father’s in an attempt to please his mother and the household’s constant whispering the need for more money. “I started it for mother. She said she had no luck, because father is unlucky, so I thought if I was lucky, it might stop whispering.” (Kennedy & Gioia, 2013, pp. 240) even as Paul is dying he is still consumed with trying fill the role of a provider for his mother, “I never told you, mother, that if I can ride my horse and get there, then I’m absolutely sure – oh, absolutely! Mother, did I ever tell you? I am lucky!” […] “But the boy died in the night.” (Kennedy & Gioia, 2013, pp. 245). Paul’s death was a sacrifice to please his mother, who put her desires for money and material things above the love of her children.

In this paper, I will analyze the memo by applying the steps of the critical thinking model discussed in Asking the Right Questions to assess the arguments made. Among the other tasks I had to make, I will not just analyze the memo but I will evaluate the author’s argument as objectively as possible. I will also provide a thorough evaluation of the issues presented and assess ideas critically, demonstrating clear and consistent treatment of each evaluation. Furthermore, I will verify the information that was in the memo and I will note what is not in the memo. For the last closure of the

Another indication the relationship between Paul and his mother is not perfect is that the relationship is completely one sided. Paul consumes all of his time and energy into finding "luck" after his mother tells him, "'If you are lucky you have money'" (256). Paul knows that if he finds "luck" it will bring money which in return will bring happiness to his mother. Paul's "luck" is found when he rides his rocking horse and is sure of which horse to bet on. When his uncle asks what he is going to do with the money Paul unselfishly responds by saying, "' I started if for mother. She said she had no luck...so I thought if I was lucky, it might stop whispering'" (261). Even though he knows his mother doesn't care for him he still goes through all the trouble in trying to give her happiness. The one-sided relationship is shown again when Paul anonymously gives his mother "a birthday present of a thousand pounds for five successive years" (262). When his mother discovers her generous gift her face hardens and she becomes expressionless (263). She is not at all grateful for the gift, instead of wondering where the money came from she is more occupied with receiving the money all at once (263). Instead of being upset Paul is desperate to please her and "lets her have it [money]" (263). As a result of his mothers lack of maturity in raising a family Paul unintentionally assumes the

As long as Paul could remember he had his giant glasses on and was told he couldn’t see without them. But even though Paul can see fine without them. Paul, unfortunately, deals with this on a day to day basis. We discover who Paul is and how significant events changed him. Paul also experiences switching schools. We see how Paul sees the world and his perspective on certain events.

In the short story, Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament, by Willa Cather, the protagonist Paul’s sense of superiority, his hatred of life on Cordelia street, and his narcissism, all contribute to the conflict Paul faces; return home a thief and a liar or commit suicide.

From a young age, Paul and his siblings have a mutual understanding with their mother that she does not love them. The narrator states, “Nevertheless, when her children were present, she always felt the centre of her heart go hard… Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew [the mother’s adoration of her children] was not so” (1). While this proves difficult for the children to bear, it proves the most difficult for Paul. When Paul is young, he becomes curious as to why his family does not keep a car of their own. According to his mother, it is “Because we’re the poor members of the family” (2), which is “…because [Paul’s] father has no luck” (3). Paul then informs his mother that he is lucky, hoping to impress her, but she does not believe him. According to Freudian psychology, Paul’s response is appropriate. The narrator explains, “This angered [Paul] somewhere, and made him

On the day that Paul and his mother engage in a deep conversation about their current situation, his mother states out, “we're the poor members of the family...because your father has no luck” (437). Not wanting his mother to look stressed and unhappy all the time, Paul decides to do something that will make his mother happier. He goes to his family gardener, Bassett, for some ideas to obtain luck. When Paul starts to be dragged into the other side of the world, . Bassett influences Paul to join the world of gambling, specifically horse racing.

In both movies, Apostle Paul as well as alien Paul demonstrated their healing powers. Alien Paul uses his healing powers to resurrect a dead bird and heal Ruth’s long-deformed eye. Alien Paul enlightens Ruth with his own tale creation stories. Ruth zealously indulges in sin and eagerly begins to walk down the wide road that leads to profanity and promiscuity. Alien Paul also saved Pegg’s life after taking a shotgun blast on his chest.

When Paul talks to his mother regarding luck, he instantly determines that he will dedicate his life towards the pursuit of luck. Although Paul is told he cannot be lucky since his parents are not lucky, Paul sets his goal and uses his circumstances to achieve this goal. Paul has an old rocking horse in his room, and is encouraged to bet on horse races by his uncle, Oscar Creswell, and his friend, Bassett. Since Paul is determined to become lucky, he uses his environment and event he has no control over to work at achieving his goal. By riding his rocking horse with a strict determination, Paul can discover which horse will win the upcoming races. This unnatural talent achieved Paul’s goal of becoming lucky, and only resulted because he utilized the circumstances he faced towards becoming lucky. If Paul followed the influence of society, he would not ride his rocking horse, but likely find a job so he can earn money and buy material goods. Thus, Paul achieved his goal in life because he was determined to use the situations he encountered to achieve his goal, instead of just following the influence of society.

The Apostle Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles, is a central figure within both Christian tradition and New Testament thought and writing. With such a crucial place, it is vital that we come to understand more of his life and thinking, as well as the world in which he and, more specifically, his theology were shaped. With this in mind, this essay will seek to explore Paul’s conversion and call experience as understood from Acts, and his personal references to it, drawing from them the ways in which this time was significant for Paul’s theological thinking, as expressed in his letters and work. To achieve this we will begin by addressing the call and/or conversion debate, arguing that the term ‘conversion and call’ best encapsulates

Paul aspires for a true relationship with his family and this dream leads to his death. The first example of the mothers greediness leading to her death is when Paul says, "I started it for mother. She said she had no luck, because father is unlucky. So I thought if I was lucky, it might stop whispering." This quote shows the intimacy between mother and son. Although Paul was not always treated well he stays strong and does what he can to make his mother gain what she wants most in life which is luck. Unfortunately, Paul does not succeed in the log run. After continuing to ride his rocking horse, Paul begins to look weaker and weaker, as the horse drains all the energy from him. The second example describes what occurs vividly, “He hardly heard what was spoken to him, he was very weak, and had a strange look in his eyes. His mother started to really worry about him. Sometimes, for a short time, she would feel a sudden anxiety about him that was almost painful. She wanted to go to him at once, and know he was safe.” (11) After Paul begins to look weak and pale, his mother finally realizes the value of her son. She begins to act as a real mother would do feeling worried and anxious about her son, this anxiety is described as painful. This is ironic because Paul has been dealing with this throughout the short story. Sadly, the mother realizes this to late because her son