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Read the excerpts from The Land.

"He ride good's he look, Mister Edward?"
"He's a fine riding horse, all right," said my daddy, "but he needs training. I figure he gets that training, he could be the best around."
"Yes, suh," said Willie Thomas, stroking the stallion's forehead. "He sure got a good look to him, I know that!"
"Now, Willie," said my daddy, "I expect you to take mighty good care of this horse. I'm depending on Ghost Wind to win me more than a few races by the coming year, and I want him in the best condition possible."
It wasn't until the next day I saw Mitchell again. "You get a whippin' for ridin' that stallion?" he asked as I made my way through the woods toward the creek.I shook my head. "No. Just can't ride Ghost Wind anymore."Mitchell glanced sideways at me, almost as if he felt bad about my predicament. "That bad as a whippin'?""Worse."

Based on their reactions in these excerpts, how does Paul’s viewpoint of the horses differ from his father’s viewpoint?
Paul feels an emotional connection to Ghost Wind, while his father mostly values Ghost Wind as a possession.

Paul does not believe that Ghost Wind should be raced, while his father believes that Ghost Wind is meant to race.

Paul thinks that it is unfair to keep Ghost Wind away from him, while his father believes that it is necessary to teach Ghost Wind a lesson.

Paul does not think that Ghost Wind needs training, while his father thinks that Ghost Wind should be trained daily.

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Answer:

Paul feels an emotional connection to Ghost Wind, while his father mostly values Ghost Wind as a possession.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Land is a book published in 2001, written by Mildred D. Taylor that tells the life story of Paul-Edward Logan through his perspective.

In the above excerpt, the most appropriate answer is that Paul feels an emotional connection with Ghost Wind, while his father mainly values ​​Ghost Wind as a possession.

The answer can be seen in the excerpts that the father says to Paul: "I expect you to take mighty good care of this horse. I'm depending on Ghost Wind to win me more than a few races by the coming year, and I want him in the best condition possible."

In the other section it is possible to see Paul's sadness for not being able to ride the horse anymore since his father ordered him to be taken care of with the main intention of winning racing competitions.

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