coming of age in the rocking horse
The Rocking-Horse Winner takes place in two different times. ... But when Paul gets older, he has to take care of his mother, and then after Paul falls off his rocking horse, his mother takes care of him again. ... When Paul is younger, he rides his rocking horse, as it is a real horse. It’s always a different horse. ... He has matured from the rocking horse to the real horses. But he doesn’t want to get rid of his horse; he still wants to ride his rocking horse. “ ‘Surely, you’re too big for a rocking horse! ... ‘Well, you see, Mother, till I can have a real horse, I like to have some sort of animal about,’ had been his quaint answer.