Taking Away Paul's Meaning of Life in Paul's Case
When Paul's father took him out of school and demanded he not work or see anyone at the Theatre, I believe it was at this point of the story that he took away apart of Paul's life, his fantasy life. He took away Paul's meaning of life and put him back into the reality, the world Paul did not like because for him it was the instruments, the music and the lights, as well as, his job responsibilities which made him feel like someone special.
Once Paul lost all of this, he followed his dream about going to New York and while there, fell into more of a fantasy world. I think this is where Cather uses the weather to symbolize and point out Paul's feelings.
I believe the phrase "The snow was whirling in curling eddies" was referring to Paul's excitement of being in New York whirling inside him recalling his dearest pleasures. "the grey winter twilight's in his sitting-room; his quiet enjoyment of his flowers, his clothes, his wide divan, his cigarette, and his sense of power". He could not remember a time when he had felt so at peace within himself.
The statement "violets, roses, carnations, lilies-of-the-valley somehow vastly more lovely and alluring that they blossomed thus naturally in the snow" I feel was referring to how Paul felt inside while in New York. He finally could be at peace with himself and felt as though his life had blossomed, the story makes reference by Paul feeling that everything was perfect now, he was the kind of person he always wanted to be, perfect like the flowers. He no longer had to "wonder whether he was destined always to shiver in the black night outside, looking up at it all", looking for what he longed to enjoy, even if it were not forever.
I think that when the Denny and Carson finally found out that Paul had taken the money, Cather refers to their anger by "The snow was whirling so fiercely outside". As Paul "watched the snowflakes whirling by his window until he fell asleep", he was replaying his every move to get to New York, stealing the money, boarding the train, and recalling his thoughts on how easy it was for him to do this.
When Paul believes his father is coming to New York to find him he knows its over for him, "the old feeling that the orchestra had suddenly stopped, the sinking sensation that the play was over" he had to return home.
In short, Paul D becomes entirely separated from his previous emotions of closeness with her, once he begins to separate the “Sweet Home Sethe” and this new, post-incident Sethe. It is even more important that a main character such as Paul D outright acknowledges the change in Sethe. This makes the themes that emerge after the incident occurs even more
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Paul does feel guild of abandoning his mother but handles it by running away, opposed to Dunny who is trying to pay off his guilt or not by forgetting it even happened like Boy. To accomplish this, he lives as a new person and takes on the persona of this great and mysterious magician.
Paul's dream to live like the stars is taken away when his father forbids him to work, visit, or go anywhere near the theater. It is at Carnegie Hall that Paul became struck by the glitter and the starlight of the stage. He is not star struck in the sense that he wanted to perform in any way; he is simply content to observe others' performances.
Throughout the entire chapter, Morrison uses the rain as irony to depict the nature of loss and renewal through Paul ‘s experiences while in Alfred Georgia. At Sweet Home, Paul D
Every encounter Paul has with someone he creates a new identity to bond and connect with them. Throughout the play Paul creates multiple personas for himself, he realizes that he is an empty vessel with no past and only memories of what he has done during his different personas. Paul loses control over his multiple personas which cause them to overlap with each other. Which causes him to feel lost and in search of help, when Ousia offers this help he gladly takes it which end up putting him in prison and never to be seen in New York.
“The Garden Lodge” takes the reader into the world of a once poor girl who found relief in a wealthy and successful man. Cather uses the point of view and characterization to help fully understand what the protagonist was thinking and why she chose the things she did. She makes this story understandable and a good read.
The next morning, Kat and Albert see Paul off on his train. He travels through the villages and cities, observing the scenery. When he arrives at his hometown, Paul is flooded with memories from his surroundings; he recognizes the landmarks of his home, such as the square watch-tower and the great mottled lime tree. He starts to feel like an outsider as if he didn’t belong in the civilized
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The speaker begins by sharing how idyllic his life was with his wife, when they lived in the “kingdom by the sea” (2). In the second stanza, he says they were children but that “they loved with a love that was more than love” (9). However, it is also in the second stanza that the speaker tells us that their life did not stay idyllic and happy, for the “wingéd seraphs of Heaven//coveted” his wife (11-12). The speaker says in the third stanza that a “wind blew out of a cloud, chilling” his wife, or killing her. Wind is an image of change, possibly because of its chaotic and unpredictable nature. Cold is a death image because it inadvertently killed many people. It is interesting, though to have both of these tactile images together to describe the death of Annabel Lee. The speaker continues to repeat many of these points over again, a bit differently each time. That is, until the reader comes to the last
In the beginning of the story, Paul seems to be a typical teenage boy: in trouble for causing problems in the classroom. As the story progresses, the reader can infer that Paul is rather withdrawn. He would rather live in his fantasy world than face reality. Paul dreaded returning home after the Carnegie Hall performances. He loathed his "ugly sleeping chamber with the yellow walls," but most of all, he feared his father. This is the first sign that he has a troubled homelife. Next, the reader learns that Paul has no mother, and that his father holds a neighbor boy up to Paul as "a model" . The lack of affection that Paul received at home caused him to look elsewhere for the attention that he craved.
The two live in the Midwest, which Cather describes the entire time as a place that is constantly dreary, the weather and life here seems to become a part of the people, “Men
The teachers at the school do not understand Paul's behavior. They feel Paul is disrespectful and a nuisance, and they have given up on him. Unlike the teachers, the people at Carnegie Hall have not given up on Paul and see a future for him in the theater industry.
Novril for his pain. Paul comes to like Annie; even letting her read his new manuscript. Annie doesn't like it.
According to D.H. Lawrence: a study of the short fiction Paul’s last words ““Mother did I ever tell you? I am lucky!” Are really a desperate, confused proclamation of his love” (4)? This demonstrates that even after all his mother has done he still loves her and cares about her. He sees more in his mother than her materialism, he knows that she still loves her family, even if she cannot control her need for more money. Unlike his mother Paul shows that he does not care about money by saying “oh, let her have it, then! We can get some more with the other,” (Lawrence 800). This proves how different both characters are and how not all people are materialistic even if they come from the same family. He is willing to give his mother all the money he has earned just to make her happy. This proves how important his mom is to him and how money is not important to him because he is willing to give up all the money he