Short Story Comparative Essay - D.H. Lawrence's "The Rocking Horse Winner" and Bernard Malamud's "Angel Levine"

In D.H. Lawrence's short story, "The Rocking Horse Winner", and Bernard Malamud's "Angel Levine", the protagonists are greatly affected by both ethical and emotional problems. As a result, their sense of judgment is victimized due to the effects of their problems. Whether in a story about religion and faith like "Angel Levine" or an extreme story surrounding money and greed like "The Rocking Horse Winner", lessons and notions can be interpreted by the way …

…there are underlying lessons and notions that Lawrence's "The Rocking Horse Winner" and Malamud's "Angel Levine" are trying to convey. The authors' main message in these stories is that one's sense of judgment shall never be victimized by any kind of a problem, as recovering from resulting mistakes can be a hard task, if not impossible. Ultimately, one shall always be optimistic and proud, and not let problems affect his or her optimism and self-awareness.