In Willa Cather's "Paul's Case," the author uses symbolism and imagery to stress the disillusionment of teenagers and how it can eventually lead to death. Symbolism Symbolism is relating symbolic meaning or significance to events, relationships, or o...

In Dorothy Lessing's, "To Room Nineteen" and in Willa Cather's, "Paul's Case" the protagonists, Susan Rawlings and Paul, respectively live two livesâ€"the physical self and the "other" self. The latter is what governs their every day motivationsâ€"th...

Not a Usual "Case" Some critics have ever commented that Willa Cather was one of the few "uneasy survivors of the nineteenth century." Holding traditional values tightly, she rejected modernity and tried to escape into the shelter of the past as she made her solemn statement t...

Too often in today's society are people merely defined as their habits: he is a smoker, she is an alcoholic, etc., when these individuals are much more. Little attention is paid to what such people do, or what their particular stories are. In written work, though, as opposed to life, the charac...

The stories "Barn Burning" written by William Faulkner and "Paul's Case" written by Willa Cather both have two separate characters with very similar troubles. Each has a uniquely sad narrative. "Barn Burning" is a sad story because it not only shows the classi...

Paul's Ignored Case The adults in Willa Cather's story "Paul's Case" generally view Paul as a bad case. Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary defines a case as "a situation requiring investigation or action" (p. 211). However, none of the adults ever a...

In the short story "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather the main character, Paul feels entrapped in a life he feels he doesn't belong in, due to the lack of love. Paul is overcome with feelings of despair because feels his father, teachers and classmates misunderstand him and are unwor...

The Significance of Symbolism Green can imply jealousy. It can also suggest freshness, lushness, vegetation, a section of a golf course, or in its simplest sense refer just to the color. How an author chooses to employ the use of a word can denote countless emotions and sentiments to a reader bec...