Compare And Contrast Toy Story Three And The Rocking Horse Winner

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In the movie Toy Story Three and the short story The Rocking Horse Winner the main characters both just want to be loved. In the Rocking Horse winner the boy Paul was born into a situation where his mother an educated woman wasn't very happy with her marriage to her husband a coal miner. This rubbed off on Paul and when he found out that he could predict horse races he thought he could make his family happy again. Same thing happened in Toy Story three the main characters who are the toys aren't being used or played with anymore. When Andy is about to head off to college a mishap happens and Andy's mother takes the Toys to a daycare where they feel they have been deserted. In both the main characters feel left out at the beginning and must

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