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The story "Paul's Case" describes Willa Cathers belief that in the early 1900's, economically disadvantaged people were not subject to such a beautiful atmosphere unlike that of the bourgeoisie. Cathers tells a story of a young boy who despera ....

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... and the painted wooden bed that had began to flake. "The nearer he approached the house the more absolutely unequal Paul felt to the sight of it all; his ugly sleeping chamber, the cold bathroom with the grimy zinc tub..." His school was described with having "bare floors and naked walls". Paul's uplifting arena was either glaring up at the actors, divas, or performers at the Schenley Hotel or at the works of art at Carnegie Hall. Even though he had spent numerous days fantasizing at masterpieces and stage plays, Paul "had no desire to become an actor, any more thatn he had to become a musician. He felt no necessity to do any of ...