... p.1078). As in most Modernist literate texts Willa Cather's character, Paul of "Paul's Case" seeks to find meaning in a non- transparent world. The main purpose of Modernist literature is traditionally banal, and Willa Cather sets her story in the  most common world of ordinary Pittsburgh, following this rule of Modernism. This short story with its different motives, symbols and situations displayed ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... disapproval towards the group of young girls he so admires, he is making it evident of the worlds and decades between him and his customers. He describes them as being banal that even had dynamite been set off, so they would keep pushing their carts, muttering to themselves. Towards the end of the story when Sammy announces that he is quitting ... ...

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... able to draw clear parallels between Bartleby's actions and the desires of the overworked lower-class. Bartleby works as a scrivener or "human copying machine" on Wall street. His job is banal, monotonous, and mindless. Everyday is the same for him and it is understandable when, a few weeks into the job, he starts "preferring" not to do the work. Melville gives us ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School