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Response To Paul In Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'

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In response to Paul’s need to provide for his mother and become lucky, he discovers rocking on his rocking horse will provide him with race winners and money, which he thinks will satisfy his mother and make her happy; however, it only seems to intensify her greed and need for more., this only fuels the fire. Paul gives most of his race winnings to his mother for her birthday and expects an excited reaction; instead, her voice was “cold and absent” (96). As well as ungrateful, she tried to access the whole amount at once: So Uncle Oscar signed the agreement, and Paul’s mother touched the whole five thousand. Then something very curious happened. The voices in the house suddenly went mad” (96). Paul’s gift to Hester only manages to fuel her

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