论《木马赢家》中保罗之死因_英语论文

On the Causes Of Paul’s Death in The Rocking-Horse Winner

摘要

D.H.劳伦斯的《木马赢家》讲述一个名叫保罗的小男孩被家里令人烦躁的 “钱不够”的声音所困扰。为了得到母爱，他竭尽全力通过预测获胜木马名字赌博而挣钱。最终意外从木马上摔下三天后身亡。本文将从保罗自身出发：金钱物质世界引发他对金钱的欲望，家庭爱的缺失致使他对母爱极度饥渴，以及因无法获得母爱内心产生深深的自卑感。从心理学的角度分析他的死因，展现忽视孩子内心世界的极大危害性，剖析劳伦斯对人们内心世界关注的有效性与必要性，对当代我们教育孩子十分有教义。

关键词：欲望；金钱；爱；自卑

Abstract

The Rocking-Horse Winner, written by D.H.Lawrence tells a story about a little boy, Paul, who was haunted by an annoying voice “there wasn’t enough money” in his house, spared no effort to win love from his mother by gambling on the horse races. Finally, he fell from the rocking horse and died three days later. This paper is using Paul himself as a starting point: his desire for money under such a money-first society, his desire for love in a cold family and his deep sense of inferiority after failing to gain love from his mother to discuss the causes of his death from a psychological perspective, which uncover the harms of ignoring the emotional needs of kids and display the necessity and effectiveness of Lawrence’s works. All of these are instructive to educate children in the modern society.

Key words: desire; money; love; inferiority