"Paul ’s Case": A Narcissistic Personality Disorder By Rob Saari Willa Cather ’s title "Paul ’s Case" (1905) invites us to ponder the question‚ "What exactly is Paul ’s Case?" Cather immediately informs us that Paul ’s case is mysterious. His own father is "perplexed" about his son ’s behavior‚ and the school faculty‚ who meet with Paul to discuss his recent suspension‚ speak of Paul with such "rancor" and "aggrievedness" that it is obvious that Paul ’s is "not a usual case" (221). At first‚ it
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I think Paul and Connie are alike in so many ways especially because they were both teenagers who had a special love for music. One of the way I think they were alike is that they both had great and very vivid imagination. In the story Where are you going‚ Where have you been‚ Connie spent some of her summer‚ “thinking and dreaming about the boys she meet‚ But all the boys fell back and dissolved into a single face that was not even a face‚ but an idea‚ a feeling.” This clearly indicates her how
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11/30 Paul’s Case Paul’s Case is about a young‚ Calvinist man who did not feel that he belonged in his life. He lived on Cordelia Street in Pittsburgh‚ PA. Cordelia Street was littered with cookie cutter houses‚ suburbanite-like city-dwellers‚ and a general aura of despair. Paul’s room was no different. Paul felt that his abusive father‚ uncaring teachers‚ and classmates who misunderstand him aren’t worthy of his presence and company. One of the reasons Paul may not have fit in was
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Discussion Questions Board A A. Heather Gamble entered a Dollar General store to buy a shirt. Not finding one‚ she left and went to another store. She noticed a Dollar General employee (Sherry Thornton) has followed her by car‚ and parked blocking Gamble’s car. Gamble asked Thornton why she had followed her. Thornton asked Gamble what she had in her pants. Gamble found nothing in her pocket‚ but Thornton grabbed at Gamble’s panties from behind and tugged on them. Gamble realized Thornton was accusing
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Paul´s Case – Analyze Symbolism In the short story‚ “Paul´s Case”‚ the author‚ Willa Cather‚ uses flowers to symbolize Paul´s life‚ which she does to show the connections between all living things. In the story‚ Paul‚ a young high school boy‚ dreaming of a life of someone else‚ first works at a theatre‚ then drops out of school‚ gets a job‚ and in the ends stealing money from the company so he can pay for his travel to New York‚ Later on in the story‚ Cather describes how “flower gardens (were)
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2 April 2012 Simply a Bad Case Is the outcome of our lives predetermined before we are born or by the environment in which we are born into or is it determined by our own free will? “These are some of the many questions that plague humanity‚ the questions that give philosophers‚ sociologists‚ scientists‚ and writers material with which to work” (Hicks). In the short story Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament‚ Willa Cather uses these questions to tell of a boy‚ Paul‚ whom his peers do all they
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Character in Paul’s Case Pauls’s Case is the story of a young man who struggles with his identity. Paul feels that he knows where he belongs‚ but his family and teachers refuse to support his choices. In the middle of Paul’s Case‚ there is a switch in narration. At this point‚ the reader can associate with Paul and his problems. Paul struggles with both internal and external conflicts‚ causing him to be quite a puzzling character. From tha perspective of his family and teachers‚ Paul seems abnormal
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Holden’s childhood‚ teenage years and transition into adulthood might have been different if he had a parent‚ teacher‚ and mentor like Morrie in his life. Cather in the Rye book is quite different than Tuesdays with Morrie. Morrie would influence Holden’s life if Morrie teach him a great lesson about life. How life could be different in group of people if people live it different ways. People around Holden always make him think that all people are phony. Holden never got taught life lessons by any
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The Case of Paul Schreber April 2013 The Case of Paul Schreber Upon walking into my office I could tell right away that Paul Schreber was going to be a special case. He was sent to me via his former psychiatrist‚ Dr. Emil Flechsig‚ because of the fact that Paul did not feel comfortable with him. Paul believed that Dr. Flechsig was involved in a process that would transform him into a woman prostitute. Right away I knew that there was definitely some time of disorder at work and I just had
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Paul Hardy case:- The Paul Hardy case is interesting as it clearly highlights 2 important factors:- * Paul Hardy’s behavioral definition of a manipulative employee * Mismanagement by his company P & C. We will start by analyzing Hardy’s behavioral tendencies:- Hardy’s actions can be summarized in a few words:- * Compulsive employee – Abraham Zaleznik’s definition‚ based on followership. Controlling followers vs submissive followers. Controlling followers want to gain control while
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