Discuss the following in pairs or in small groups

What were the voices that Paul heard? Did they lead him to success in the real sense?

Paul’s family was struggling to maintain their social position. There was always shortage of money. Paul’s mother believed that her husband’s bad luck was causing this, and she therefore decides to do something about it. It was then that Paul started hearing these voices. He wanted to make his mother happy and wanted to take his father position’s in her life. But he was the only one who seemed to be hearing these sounds, suggesting that he was probably just imagining them. But these voices kept him motivated to help his mother earn money. He therefore starts betting in horse races. He would get on his shiny riding horse and went at it until he was sure of the horse that would win the next race. At the end, he ends up making 80,000 pounds through a race, but this costs his life.