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The Role Of Paul's Mother In The Rocking Horse Winner

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A cupidity of Paul’s mother. She forgets her most important role as a mother, cause she is cupidity it make Paul dead untimely. Paul is a boy and he is the main character of The Rocking Horse Winner. In this story, Paul is a boy who can do everything for his mother’s love. He is in a family that his mother believes in luck all the time. He is just a child and it is a normal that he has some intense emotion for everything such as when he feels. In this story shows about Paul’s

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