In the end, Paul dies with all the stress he has, it was too overpowering. He died doing what he loves the most. He hopes to make his mother happy but ends up killing himself with all the stress he has trying to please her; he thinks that if he rode the horse long enough it could solve all of his problems, but eventually riding his horse became unhealthy for him. He put his mother before anything and even left her a gift but Paul knows that leaving money just results in them wanting for more. After Paul’s death, she starts showing a bit of emotion towards her son but it was too late; he was dead. This was a lesson to Hester to appreciate what ones has before it is too late. All this time Paul was alive his mother took advantage of his luck.
