Hester Essay - 619 Words

Throughout the Rocking-Horse Winner†, Hester was overly materialistic, emotionally cold towards her children and in self-denial over her own faults. Hester had expensive tastes and she insisted in keeping up the latest style. The â€Å"expensive and splendid toys† that filled the nursery were more than the parents modest income could afford. Paul asked for an explanation of luck. Hester responded by saying â€Å"it’s what causes you to have money†, quickly making a connection between luck and wealth. And while she discovered she had a knack for sketching â€Å"furs and dress materials† she adored, making hundreds of pounds per year did not appease her elegant tastes, for it still wasn’t enough to keep up her extravagant lifestyle. When Hester found†¦show more content†¦She so wanted to be first in something†. Eton was amongst the most expensive schools in the area, and just like her husband who went to that school, she desired her son to be one the elite who attended. She enrolled Paul at Eton; aware that she should be using her money more wisely but still â€Å"felt themselves s uperior to everyone in the neighborhood.† Hester could not come to terms with her own problems and constantly turned to external reason (not including herself) that kept her from achieving her goals, â€Å" His mother who had great belief in herself, did not succeed any better (then her husband).†One of which was her concept of luck. To Hester, luck was what caused a person to gain money. She couldn’t explain why their family was poor or why she was so unsuccessful in any of her attempts to get rich and so she blamed her husband for all their losses, â€Å"it’s because your father has no luck†¦ he’s very unlucky†. Hester could not explain why she was emotionally cold. â€Å"When the children were present, she always felt the centre of her heart go hard†. 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