Paul has been accused of being smart-alecky and disrespectful toward the faculty at Pittsburgh High School, which was why he was suspended for a week. He came before a panel of selected faculty and requested to be let back into school. His English teacher and other instructors voiced their opposition by repeating the charges against him and interrogating him, but he just stood there with the steady smirk and the theatrical gaze as he had done in all his classes. After the hearing, the panel all agreed that there was something wrong about the boy, something they couldn't put their fingers on. A while later, following the boasting incidence about Carnegie Hall's stock crew, the faculty and Paul's father, along with the members of Carnegie Hall, concurred that Paul's case was a bad one.
             Paul may seem like the typical juvenile delinquent whose only motivations in life are to mock and annoy others to get the attention he so desires. However, the reason why he makes a mockery of others is not for the attention but to make sure they know he is different from them. Paul hates the world that he's trapped in, with its dull attire, Sunday schools, and dreadful smells of simple kitchen cooking. This is the world of Cordelia Street, which is where the lesser middle-class citizens of Pittsburgh live out their miserably simple and dull lives.
             He has resided only in the middle-class and yet has always felt that he didn't belong. His place is with the wealthy, cultured people of the upper class, those who walk the streets with the style and grace that only comes from money and confidence. Paul also admires the singers that perform at Carnegie Hall, where he is an usher for its concerts, because they fall into the same category as the wealthy and cultured figures he adores. He desperately wants to become one of them and be admired from a distance, but he has no intention of ever minglin
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