... that of a perfect gentleman, his teachers find his behavior inappropriate and unacceptable. The narrator draws particular attention to Paul's eyes describing them as "remarkable for a certain hysterical brilliancy" (Cather p.74); this is followed by the response of his teachers who find it "peculiarly offensive in a boy" (Cather p.74). The teachers at school do not understand Paul's behavior. They feel Paul is disrespectful ... his father is traveling to find him and return him to Cordelia Street, Paul panics. The hopelessness that Cordelia Street represents to Paul awakens a flight inst...

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• Grade Level: High School