1. Paul's Case by Willa Cather
... He creates stories to make his life seem great which results in him not having any friends in his life. To fill that hole he chooses to spend most of his time at Carnegie Hall. Paul really starts to "live" when he is ushering there and constantly dreams of living the life ... the theater, so carried away by its "unimaginable splendor " that he seems to go through withdrawals when removed from Carnegie Hall" (p. 75). For Paul "a certain element of artificiality seemed to him necessary in beauty, " and the art and music he is attached to becomes nothing more than "an ... "" (p. 83). As th...
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- Approx Pages: 10
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- Grade Level: High School