At what places in his story does Lawrence make use of irony?

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  • Paul, intent upon stopping the whispers in the house, anonymously gives his mother 5,000 pounds as a birthday present. Ironically, his gift has the opposite effect. The whispers grow louder. Given his mother’s insatiable greed for money, this result comes as less of a surprise to the reader than to Paul.



There is irony in the story’s title. Paul, the rocking-horse winner, loses his life.

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