Two stories, one issue. The Rocking-Horse Winner and Odour of Chrysanthemum, by D.H. Lawrence.

Through literature, writers express their ineer personalities and let the readers imagine what is going on in their minds, or think about their lives. This is the case of D.H. Lawrence, in his pieces of art titled “The Rocking-Horse Winner” and “Odour of Chrysanthemum”.

Because of the historical context, which was during the War World I, the author shows us money and death as the main issues in both short stories. In “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, death is caused because of desires of money. This is a story in which interpersonal relationships within the family are not more important than money, let’s say that money makes people forget love and it changes people’s mind to the point of getting mad, just as the child did. In the other story, “Odour of Chrysanthemum”, we can see that the relationship between the main character who is a woman, and her husband was broken. She even did not show some respect to him when he was taken dead to the house, she asked to the other man not to put her husband over the carpet. In this point we can see how materialism is over love.

After reading both stories, I could realized how D.H.Lawrence expressed what he was living. I think that through writing he released all his feelings that disturbed his mind.