The title, "The Rocking-Horse Winner," foreshadows what
the boy becomes, but is also ironic. The boy wins much money, but of course loses his
life in the end trying to win more.
The voice in the house
foreshadows what the boy has to go through in order to satisfy it, and its
relentlessness foreshadows the tragic conclusion.
Finally,
his mother's greedy desire for money and failure to be satisfied foreshadows in the same
way the voice does. The boy is driven beyond his limits to satisfy that which cannot be
satisfied.
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