Paul was forced to join the army when he was young. Paul was almost shot down in the army by a gun. War brought problems to Paul's family by money wise because there was no money. Young Paul was a wise young man. Paul was always watching his dad do metal work.
Paul is seen as the main protagonist, even more so as he heads
In the book “The Island” by Gary Paulsen, fifteen year-old Will Neuton is portrayed as an introspective character because he’s constantly having conversations with himself in his head about ongoing situations, he comes off as “timid” or even “shy” with most people not including family, and above all, because he enjoys planning and thinking about all the things surrounding him to better find his peace and happiness. To begin my statement, Will is an introspective character because of the mental situations or conversations with himself. For example, during one of Will’s adventures to an island he observes the blue heron among other natives but is fascinated by this bird and concludes to himself “I am a painting, I can sit still this way and
Many kids suffer from their family not working out. It’s a hard thing to overcome if you’re family doesn’t support you. Also, many people don’t really know who they are or where they belong in society. They spend their entire lives trying to figure out who they are like Paul did.
In Willa Cather’s “Paul’s Case” we find a young boy struggling with this awful predicament; simply trying to find himself and that elusive yet glorious sense of belonging. “Paul’s Case” is a gibe at certain American traditions and too those people walking about' with closed
Denise Clark Pope wrote “The Predicaments of Doing School.” Her main claim is that students just want an A and they will do anything for it. Students turn into “classroom chameleons” and cheat to get a higher score. Students tend to also study everything they need to know for the test or quizzes. But, once they get an A, they forget everything and move onto the next topic.
Paul’s Case, as alluded to earlier is a story about a certain young man who is a Calvinist and he is clouded by feelings of not belonging to this life. According to the story he lived on a street named Cordelia located in Pittsburgh, and we are given an impression of a street cluttered with cookie cutter houses and city dwellers that seemed like suburbanites. According to the author, there was an aura of despair in that city. This same aura extended even to Paul’s own room. His life was a life of misery having been surrounded by a father that abused him, teachers that never cared and classmate that misunderstood him and this caused Paul to feel he is not worth to be in their presence or even company.
In the novel,” The Pigman” by Paul Zindel, two teenagers named John and Lorraine befriend the Pigman. Near the end, the Pigman suddenly passes away. Even though numerous things contributed to Mr. Pignati’s death, the stress of John & Lorraine’s party and Bobo the monkey’s death played the biggest part. John and Lorraine threw a party while Mr. Pignati was at the hospital, but near the end, Mr. Pignati unexpectedly arrived back home.
In the book Winesburg Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, he states that one becomes grotesque when obsessed with one or more truths. Some of these obsessions include freedom, lost love, sex, innocence, age, power, money, indecency. With that in mind, the information that will be given backs up claims on why Anderson is correct. Included the book, Winesburg Ohio is a story that a character is obsessed with one or more of their truths. In the story Godliness: a tale in four parts, Jesse Bentley, an old farmer obsessed with God waits for a sign from him.
As Cather writes, "He was in the midst of the humdrum, but he fancied himself in the midst of a great drama" (Cather, 1905). Through his imagination, Paul is able to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, and find meaning and purpose
My Way or The Railway “Paul’s Case” Willa Cather Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once said, “Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” In the story, “Paul’s Case by Willa Cather, Paul was a young man who, in all reality, was a sad person who exhibited many signs of having a possible personality disorder. In the story, Paul dealt with alienation, having narcissistic tendencies, and a distortion of reality. The behavior that Paul displayed, ultimately created havoc in his life as it led him down a very dark path. A path that would inevitably be one he will walk alone.
It is typical of humans that we are divided over the most important event in our history, the viral spread of the practice of agriculture. It was in the minds of many, a gift from God, or at least, a stroke of incredible good fortune for our species. However, recently, a new opinion has grown in traction. Revisionist historians like decorated scientific author, Jared Diamond have spread the idea that the advent of agriculture has been the worst thing to ever happen to humans. Diamond is an awarded scientific author who wrote the most well known defense of revisionism, The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race.
The American culture has a tendency to encourage individuality yet reject unique personas and ways of life that do not coincide with the already-established status quo. Contemporary societal norms have become more accepting of trends that were once considered weird, eccentric, or queer. However, in the late nineteenth century, the acceptable ways of life were more straight-laced, and society was more judgmental towards lifestyles outside the scope of “normal”. For people with uncommon attributes--who did not want to become socially isolated--conformity seemed like the answer. But, there were some individuals who did not want to put up a facade and pretend to be like everybody else.
"The Man Who Was Almost a Man," by Richard Wright is a short story about Dave Sanders. Dave Saunders is a young black seventeen year old male who is a worker on the plantation. Dave feels that since he is seventeen that he needs to prove everyone that he is a man. Dave thinks that if he get a gun people will respect him. But after all, the gun only causes many complications for him.
Disappointment is what Paul feels through the story, he believes that he deserves a different life full of money and fame. The sub-theme is the isolation created around Paul’s life, he feels rejected by his peer, teachers, and his own father. The uncontrolled desire to have a glamorous lifestyle the easy and fast way. Paul is a rebellious young man that goes against the rules and society to accomplish his dreams.
