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    Mark McLaughlin 4/29/2008 “Paul’s Case” An Essay “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather‚ is a case of a suicide. Paul‚ the main character of this story‚ displayed many warning signs to the readers of his psychological state of mind‚ but did he show the typical warning signs of a suicide? He most diffidently did not. This is not a text book case of suicide and is rather shocking. The typical psychological warning signs of a suicide‚ taken from‚ www.allexperts.com/psycology/suicid ‚are acting withdrawn

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    O Pioneers! written by Willa Cather. “Don’t be cross‚ Emil. Only- Ivar’s right about wild things. They’re too happy to kill. You can tell just how they felt when they flew up. They were scared‚ but they didn’t really think anything could hurt them. No‚ we won’t do that anymore”. Though Marie and Emil’s love for one another was forbidden‚ it was so strong that no matter how much she shielded herself from him‚ in the end‚ their love emerged through it all. The glittering pond‚ the orchard‚ the white

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    Willa Cather makes an argument for the “modern woman” in My Ántonia (1918) by using the oft brazen sexuality of her female characters. While there are shades of a clearer take on the viability of an independent woman in Lena Lindgard’s aversion to marriage and Antonia’s willful determination as a single mother jilted by her lover‚ Cather uses the increasingly unabashed sensuality of both Ántonia and Lena in the second book of her novel (entitled “The Hired Girls”) as a means by which to capture

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    The majority of "O Pioneers!" reflects on the life of the writer‚ Willa Cather. Cather at the time thrived in a man’s world. Cather lived in a time when everyone thought men should do all the work and the women should stay at home‚ a romantic view. Due to her naturalistic mindset‚ she believed that women can thrive and achieve anything a man could causing her to lead and set the goal of women everywhere in the time period. "O Pioneers!" was written by a naturalistic woman‚ so anyone would assume

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    "Paul’s Case" by Willa Cather‚ a young man named Paul is unhappy with his home and school life. He is happiest when he is at Carnegie Hall‚ where he works as an usher. When he is not physically at Carnegie Hall‚ his thoughts remain there causing his school work to suffer. When his father finds out about his problems in school he has Paul banned from Carnegie Hall‚ taken out of school‚ and put to work. One day‚ while on his way to make the company’s deposit‚ Paul decides to take some of the money

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    Nicholas Jones 1/26/11 History 143 Dr. Quirk O Pioneers! By: Willa Cather. Published by Barnes and Noble books. O Pioneers! Book Review O Pioneers! Was written by Willa Cather and was first published in 1913 and it is a literary fiction. This book is about all the hardships of living in the planes or even just the hardships and challenges that people had to endure in the life of a pioneer. O Pioneers! takes place between the late 1800s and the early 1900s in Hanover Nebraska. The main character

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    many forms‚ within a family or within society. When a person is considered ’different’‚ they are pushed out of society and because of this become withdrawn and eventually find themselves even more abnormal. In the short story‚ "Paul’s Case" by Willa Cather‚ the main character Paul struggles with societies limited view of ’normal’. Paul is jaded by society; he does not fit in as an individual and therefore becomes a different person. Society causes people to create a fantasy world or a lie that they

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    My Antonia‚ written by Willa Cather‚ is a classic coming of age story set in the American Midwest. The story follows Jim‚ the protagonist of My Antonia‚ after he moves to Nebraska to live with his grandparents‚ and details his experiences with his old neighbor Antonia. As Jim begins to separate from his childhood friends‚ including Antonia‚ he begins to strongly miss the days past. Similarly‚ in Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden longs for days with Allie‚ his dead brother. Jim and Holden both

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    “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather is a story about a teenage boy named Paul who does not fit into his home town because he feels like he does not belong‚ which is where sympathy for him occurs even if the reader can not relate. Paul is in a sense different than the people in his town and may seem a bit strange from an outside point of view. His “case” is that he wants to live the high life as an upper class citizen but he does not want to earn it for he feels it is his birthright. One of the main reasons

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    Paul’s Case‚ by Willa Cather‚ is about an insolent teenage boy who lives completely in a fantasy world. Some may say that a little fantasy never hurt anyone‚ but Paul takes his dreaming over the line. In Paul’s mind‚ something registers as either extraordinary or wretched‚ and never is there any medium. This lack of an ability to comprehend "reality" is exactly what separates Paul from any other "normal" teenager. <br> <br>Paul lives on Cordelia Street in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ along with his

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