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If I now risk some comparisons with Sons And Lovers let it be clear that I am not comparing the two works or judging their merits ; ;
`` The Rocking Horse Winner '' is a fantasy with extraordinary power to disturb the reader -- but we do not know why.
There are ghostly scenes in which the little boy on his rocking horse rocks madly toward the climax that will magically give him the name of the winning horse.
The child grows rich on his winnings and conspires with his uncle to make secret gifts of his money to his mother.
The story ends in the child's illness and delirium brought on by the feverish compulsion to ride his horse to win for his mother.
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