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The Rocking Horse
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Directions: In the appropriate conference on our class Web Board,
discuss one or all of the following.
- Read the first paragraph of the story. Based just on that
paragraph, what theme do you see emerging? That is, what do you
think the story is going to say about the human condition?
- Does that theme play out throughout the rest of the story?
- Agency is often defined as "the means or mode of acting" – the
ability to affect the world, the power to bring about desired
results, etc. To whom does the mother attribute agency? That is, who
does she think controls destiny? What about Paul? To whom does he
attribute agency?
- How is "luck" defined in the story?
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