The Paul's Case
Homepage has a summary of the story and links to almost every other
page in the site.
Paul lived on Cordelia Street in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, and it stinks!
The Calvinist
religion was very influential in Paul's life and ideals.
Willa Cather, the
author of this story, led a very diverse and interesting life.
Paul's room is
almost a parallel to the story.
Did Paul's father abuse him?
Was Paul Learning
Disabled? Could that have been part of his problem at school?
Carnegie Hall
is where Paul worked and felt the joy of life. How did it all come to be?
Flowers played
a large role in the story. Maybe Paul was a florist in a past life... hmm?
Paul committed suicide at the end
of the story (and I guess at the end of his life too). Could it have been
prevented?
How would Karl
Marx view Paul's case?
This is how I as a
reader viewed the story/
This is my Final
Analysis of Paul's Case.
Here is a full text of Paul's Case from the Organization for Community Networks' Electronic Bookshelf.