Pauls case summary. Summary and Theme of Paul's Case by Willa Cather/Class 12 Major English (New Course) 2022-10-13
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A Summary of Paul's Case by Willa Cather
Paul jumped under a train to avoid a meeting with father and going home. What do you think of Paul? The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality and the Mystery of Desire. Yes, it would be wonderful if you could magically conjure up Cather for an interview on the Book Cougars! Tangerine By Edward Bloor: Character Analysis 612 Words 3 Pages Paul knows who Erik really is, will he tell the truth about the mysterious that have been happening in the average city of Tangerine County, Florida. He is content simply to take in the sights and sounds of the hotel, and to not have to lie anymore, as he had felt he had to lie every day back in Pittsburgh. A lovely week passes, and then Paul finds that his theft has been discovered and reported by the Pittsburgh newspapers.
The narration gives little description of Paul's father because Paul himself is uninterested in his father. He knows the fact that he has to return to his home. His father chats with a young clerk whom he hopes Paul will emulate. He pays for his room in advance. She grew up in Virginia and Nebraska. An editor will review the submission and either publish your submission or providefeedback. Upon returning home very late that night, Paul enters through the basement window to avoid a confrontation with his father.
The story begins with the reader learning that the main character, Paul, is being suspended from his high school. The boy had wanted to become either a musician or an artist, and he dreamt of being a part of that splendid world where people who worn fancy dresses and visited the most fashionable restaurants, theaters and exhibitions dwelled. He wants his son to fit into the community and that means a steel job, marriage, fatherhood. One night, while returning home very late, Paul enters through the basement window to avoid a confrontation with his father. Paul is a good usser at the opera house.
Summary and Theme of Paul's Case by Willa Cather/Class 12 Major English (New Course)
Peeking in the window, Paul feels that he too should belong to this exotic, tropical, gleaming world. As a result, his father forces him to leave his job as an usser. He awakens to hear an approaching train and leaps in front of it. After eight nearly perfect days, Paul reads about himself in the Pittsburgh papers—his father has paid back the theft and is on his way to New York, where it is rumored Paul has fled. While Paul longs to be wealthy, cultivated, and powerful, he lacks the stamina and ambition to change his condition. In New York, however, he feels free. Arriving in the dining room, he almost stumbles in response to the overwhelming colors, perfumes, and chatter.
Studies in Short Fiction. He realizes that his father is now in New York. He is kicked out of school and hired at an entry-level office job, and Charlie is forced to promise never to see Paul again. Studies in Short Fiction. He detests middle-class life, causing him to resent and look down upon the community that embodies that. While in the basement, Paul is terrified that his father will come down with a shotgun and kill him.
As if awaking from a dream, Paul realizes that he is actually standing in the cold, rainy street. His family is his support. When Paul appears before the school faculty to account for his misdemeanors, he gives an expected response which makes him the luckiest individual at the time. He arrived in New York in the morning and that was the moment when his adventure started. Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism. Years of Sabbath-school, the repulsion of the yellow-papered room, all rush back at him.
Her instant addiction to the world of journalism and the arts is mirrored in Paul, who is hypnotized by theatre and music. Instead, Paul goes to the theater to watch an actor acquaintance named Charley Edwards rehearse. Paul then takes a hot bath, dresses himself in new silk underwear and a red robe, lies down on the couch, and contemplates how he arrived at this moment. The Principal rebukes him for his attitude, but then tells him he can go. He has no regrets. I screamed in terror.
He then heads to his hotel, the Waldorf. Paul's Case: A Narcissistic Personality Disorder. He spends all night on the town with his one friend. Paul expresses "a shuddering repulsion for the flavorless, colorless mass" of his everyday world. Paul carefully buries one of the flowers in the snow, before dozing off for a while. Sunnys Blues His brother, the narrator of the story, had not met him for a very long time.
