... can stretch beyond our human capability to keep in steady control. The debut even made the way & entwined itself in the bindings of drama "A streetcar named desire." "Say, it's only paper moons, Sailing over a card board sea But it wouldn't be make believe in me." The winter conveys the fall ... hold her hope alive and she tries to simply give up. Moon = love Sea = relationship Sky = fantasy of what will never be Tree = desire Parade = pandemonium Melody = background, unimportant The singer also saw the chaos caused by her feelings; she is now battling between fantasy and reality. Yet ....

• Word Count: 1257
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

"Paul's Case," by Willa Cather, is about a teenage boy named Paul who despises his common, dreary life. He lives on Cordelia Street in Pittsburgh. Paul sees his home on Cordelia Street to be one of "ugliness and commonness" characterized by ... , the rain is "brought down with sudden vehemence," soaking his inadequate clothing and "driving in sheets" between him and the glowing lights of the hotel, forcing him back to the streetcar and to Cordelia Street. After the night in cellar the "the sodden November chill was broken by the last flash of autumnal summer." This foreshadows his escape fro...

• Word Count: 823
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"Paul's Case," by Willa Cather, is about a teenage boy named Paul who despises his common, dreary life. He lives on Cordelia Street in Pittsburgh. Paul sees his home on Cordelia Street to be one of "ugliness and commonness" characterized by ... , the rain is "brought down with sudden vehemence," soaking his inadequate clothing and "driving in sheets" between him and the glowing lights of the hotel, forcing him back to the streetcar and to Cordelia Street. After the night in cellar the "the sodden November chill was broken by the last flash of autumnal summer." This foreshadows his escape from...

• Word Count: 821
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School