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Cordelia Street Work Paul Pauls
562 wordsPauls 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 Pauls 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. Paul lives on Cordelia Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, along with his father and sis...
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Didnt Understand Cordelia Street
787 wordsPaul was a self-oriented boy, concerned with money, wealth, and glamour, raised in a Calvinist household that supported these ideals. Through my research I have decided that Pauls eventual fate was not any one persons fault. Paul was just as much to blame as his father and teachers for Pauls suicide. Paul was never content with his house on Cordelia Street and was always dreaming about movin on up while he worked at Carnegie Hall and watched the actors and actresses move about in their stately a...
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Paul Case Reading The Book
631 wordsIt is said that books are better then the movies created from books. I feel that the story and the film complement each other for Willa Cather? s short story, ? Pauls 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. Pauls room was no different. Paul felt that his abusive father, uncaring teacher...
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Paul Case Carnegie Hall
1,835 wordsIn Pauls Case Maternal Stability In Willa Cather? s story, ? Paul? s Case, ? Paul suffered setbacks and dilemmas because he never knew his mother as she died around the time of his birth. Therefore he is lacking the maternal guidance of emotional stability that every child needs to grow mentally. Paul is withdrawn from society, and he resorts to the arts and music to feel comfortable and free from his disassociation and sense of loneliness. One should not be confused and believe that his father ...
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Sonny Blues Paul Case
1,255 words? I think people ought to do what they want to do, what else are they alive for. (49)? This thought is what is reflected in both? Sonny? s Blues? by James Baldwin and? Paul? s Case? by Willa Cather. Both Baldwin and Cather illustrate the problem of a young man growing up and taking on the responsibility of finding out who they are and what they want out of life. In these stories the theme is most prevalent, developing the story and helping the reader form their own opinions on how they feel abou...
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Part Of The Upper Upper Class
1,910 wordsPauls Case is actually the story of a boy who prefers a feminine lifestyle. Many people take the flower to be his way to spite the teachers when they try to punish him. More accurately, it it is example of Pauls flamboyance. Pauls alternative lifestyle is further demonstrated in his love of theater and his male friend from the theater. Pauls trip to New York City is an escape. Here, Paul dresses as a woman, and finally feels comfortable with himself. He spends hours dressing himself and looking ...
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Theme Of The Story Willa Cather
746 wordsA short story as defined by Edgar Allan Poe, should not contain a word that will not contribute to bringing out the theme of the story. In Willa Cather s Paul s Case, every detail serves an important role in supporting the pre-established design (as Poe calls it) of the story. Every aspect of Paul s Case such as symbolism and setting, relate to its rather perplexing theme. The details of the story, come together to constitute this message (theme) on life: materialism or artificiality can never p...
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Carnegie Hall Cordelia Street
1,104 wordsHello to all of you, my name is Paul. It seems that much has been said of me and I, for one would like for you to know the true story, as I see it. There is nothing more beautiful than music, that is a fact that has helped me throughout all of my life. The first sigh of the instruments can feel to me like a thousand wonderful days all wrapped into that one moment. There are not many who understand the pull of the stage and of the arts to a person like me, not my teachers, and certainly not my fa...
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Paul Cordelia Street
587 wordsPaul? 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. Paul lives on Cordelia Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, along with his father...
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Carnegie Hall Cordelia Street
448 wordsThe short story Paul s Case by Willa Cather illustrates the problems of a young man, named Paul, growing up and taking on the responsibility of finding out who he is, and what he wants from life. The story contains many symbols, which add meaning to the story. Some of the major symbols present in Paul s Case are: the flowers, Cordelia street, the Carnegie Hall, and Paul s house. The flowers play an integral role in the story. They symbolize Paul throughout the story. For instance, at the beginni...
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