Abstract
This paper represents a brief interpretive reading of D. H. Lawrence's short story called " The Thorn in the Flesh " with a case of desertion by a young Prussian soldier from the army as the main plot. The paper writer tries to get into the hero's mind and trace his mental growth from virgin boyhood through adulthood, in other words from " anal stage " through " phallic stage " in Freudian terms. Therefore, the paper can be considered as an attempt at a psychoanalytical understanding of Bachmann, a young soldier in his mental development with his case of acrophobia (" the thorn in the flesh ") as a point of key thematic interest. Although this paper writer tries to throw light on the psychological mechanism in the hero's mind with some valid observations in Freud's theories, D. H. Lawrence's view of life can be highlighted in this story once again in its thesis Omnia Vincit Amor.
