"The Rocking Horse Winner"

I believe the irony is that of circumstance. The mothers dislike of gambling because it has caused damage to her family in the past and the fact her young son has become lucky in gambling behind her back to make money for his mother. After all, his mother is the one that said being lucky is what causes you to have money. The importance of the irony in this story is that the mothers want for more money has drove her young son to be obsessed with becoming lucky, which in turn has made him into a gambler and ultimately cost him is life and a mother her son.

My reaction to this story is disturbing. The mother installs into her son's head that his father is unlucky and that is why they are the poor members of the family and luck is what causes you to have money. I feel you should never burden your children with money issues. Children should not have to worry about issues like that, they need to be kids and enjoy their childhood. I believe the mother, more or less, stole her son's childhood from him. In my opinion, the mother is the one who is responsilbe for her son's death. Because of her greediness for money, she created this overwhelming desire in her son's life to be lucky in money.