"The Rocking-Horse Winner"

This story was great.  I have never read D.H. Lawrence before and he is truly fantastic.  The story in itself is great and yes I do see the irony.  Having money is not luck.  The child in fact was not very lucky at all because having the money essentially brought him death.  

What was refreshing about this story was the D.H. Lawrence write very colloquially and get his point across very effectively while still using beautifully descriptive lines.  I also admire his repetition of description i.e. the child's blue eyes and the coldness of the mother.  The story reminds me very much of a fable because there is a moral at the end and the story is told in a very fairy-tale like style.  

I think that perhaps some of the dialogue could have been cut just because it can be confusing.  Also the repetition of the uncles full name seemed to be unnecessary, I'm not sure of the significance of it.  the only other thing that seemed a bit unclear was what exactly was happening to the boy that led him to know the winners of the Derby.  Was he possessed? or so determined to win his mother's affection that he concentrated to his death.

Otherwise, phenomenal story.