Paul’s Case Willa Carter’s Paul’s Case suggests that ambitious goals tend collapse in the confrontation of reality when shortcuts are made. In the city of Pittsburgh‚ where the new industrial age brings hard work and honest livings‚ Paul feels surrounded by the dull life that lay before him. With his artistic spirit and eagerness to live more extravagantly‚ instead of working towards that dream by finishing school and earning his way to the top‚ he makes a foolish decision and loses everything
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The Catcher in the Rye • Throughout the book‚ Holden longs for intimacy with other human beings. Discuss the different types of relationships Holden attempts and the different types of intimacy in the book. What is the role of sexuality in The Catcher in the Rye? How do Holden’s sexual relationships differ from his nonsexual encounters? What is Holden’s attitude toward sex? His relationship with Jane‚ Sally Hawkins‚ the Lavender Room‚ the prostitute and Stradlater’s date with Jane? Explain each
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environment where he is forced to believe he only has one option in life? "Paul’s Case" by Willa Cather is a short story beautifully illustrating a young boy fighting to hold on to his identity in a town where his dreams are looked down upon and criticized. His struggle is displayed through characterization‚ setting‚ and symbolism. Characterization sets the stage for the beginning of Paul’s fatal battle. Paul is described as being different from what most consider a normal boy. A stereotypical
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"Paul ’s Case": A Narcissistic Personality Disorder By Rob Saari Willa Cather ’s title "Paul ’s Case" (1905) invites us to ponder the question‚ "What exactly is Paul ’s Case?" Cather immediately informs us that Paul ’s case is mysterious. His own father is "perplexed" about his son ’s behavior‚ and the school faculty‚ who meet with Paul to discuss his recent suspension‚ speak of Paul with such "rancor" and "aggrievedness" that it is obvious that Paul ’s is "not a usual case" (221). At first‚ it
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I think Paul and Connie are alike in so many ways especially because they were both teenagers who had a special love for music. One of the way I think they were alike is that they both had great and very vivid imagination. In the story Where are you going‚ Where have you been‚ Connie spent some of her summer‚ “thinking and dreaming about the boys she meet‚ But all the boys fell back and dissolved into a single face that was not even a face‚ but an idea‚ a feeling.” This clearly indicates her how
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11/30 Paul’s Case Paul’s Case is about a young‚ Calvinist man who did not feel that he belonged in his life. He lived on Cordelia Street in Pittsburgh‚ PA. Cordelia Street was littered with cookie cutter houses‚ suburbanite-like city-dwellers‚ and a general aura of despair. Paul’s room was no different. Paul felt that his abusive father‚ uncaring teachers‚ and classmates who misunderstand him aren’t worthy of his presence and company. One of the reasons Paul may not have fit in was
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Paul´s Case – Analyze Symbolism In the short story‚ “Paul´s Case”‚ the author‚ Willa Cather‚ uses flowers to symbolize Paul´s life‚ which she does to show the connections between all living things. In the story‚ Paul‚ a young high school boy‚ dreaming of a life of someone else‚ first works at a theatre‚ then drops out of school‚ gets a job‚ and in the ends stealing money from the company so he can pay for his travel to New York‚ Later on in the story‚ Cather describes how “flower gardens (were)
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Discussion Questions Board A A. Heather Gamble entered a Dollar General store to buy a shirt. Not finding one‚ she left and went to another store. She noticed a Dollar General employee (Sherry Thornton) has followed her by car‚ and parked blocking Gamble’s car. Gamble asked Thornton why she had followed her. Thornton asked Gamble what she had in her pants. Gamble found nothing in her pocket‚ but Thornton grabbed at Gamble’s panties from behind and tugged on them. Gamble realized Thornton was accusing
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2 April 2012 Simply a Bad Case Is the outcome of our lives predetermined before we are born or by the environment in which we are born into or is it determined by our own free will? “These are some of the many questions that plague humanity‚ the questions that give philosophers‚ sociologists‚ scientists‚ and writers material with which to work” (Hicks). In the short story Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament‚ Willa Cather uses these questions to tell of a boy‚ Paul‚ whom his peers do all they
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Character in Paul’s Case Pauls’s Case is the story of a young man who struggles with his identity. Paul feels that he knows where he belongs‚ but his family and teachers refuse to support his choices. In the middle of Paul’s Case‚ there is a switch in narration. At this point‚ the reader can associate with Paul and his problems. Paul struggles with both internal and external conflicts‚ causing him to be quite a puzzling character. From tha perspective of his family and teachers‚ Paul seems abnormal
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