Character Analysis Paul's Case

Paul’s Case - Paul

“It was Paul’s afternoon to appear before the faculty of the Pittsburg High School to account for his various misdemeanors” This is just the beginning of the life of Paul and how he behaves. The first view of what his character is life, and insight of his personalities. While reading the story Paul’s Case by, Willa Cather, who is an American writer who has twelve novels, there was a connection gained about the characters involved in the story, primarily Paul, the main character. Paul is a very interesting character in the story, he struggles in many different scenarios. This was a story that some may find confusing and hard to understand, which is true but you can see the values and traits within Paul when reading through

After Paul was happy and living his life through the love of music, theater and art. The ending quote that states, “Then, because the picture-making mechanism was crushed, the disturbing visions flashed into black, and Paul dropped back into the immense design of things.” The ending statement of this proved the struggles Paul had with this family, primary his father. A few paragraphs before Paul had gotten word about his father being back in New York for something, and after hearing those words, it causes Paul so much discomfort and ending the story wondering if Paul was going to end up

Paul may have struggles in school and showed his fears, and made himself have a bad image, but that changes. Paul was an usher at Carnegie Hall, where he would rather stay there and hang out than go home. This showed how happy he was there. It stated he “... excitedly, to tumble into his uniform” he was happy to start his job, you can even tell that he wants to play, because he admires the instruments in the music-room as changing. He truly has a passion and this shows through the wonderful job he presents at the Hall. He was about to do his job best, “He was a model usher; gracious and smiling” shows evidence of him loving this job. When he hears or sees the performances, he dances on the inside, the true him, because in school where he’s unhappy, he creates trouble in school, but here he can finally be himself. While you read the sections about art and music, the author used more gracious and warm tones, or words when