A Boy who couldn't face reality in Willa Cather's

Willa Cather's story "Paul's Case" is trying to tell us that it is foolish to take one's own life because of set backs that make it hard to capture our dreams. Paul doesn't realize that you have to earn and work for what want in life like his father did. We first see Paul going back to school a reality that he doesn't want to be part of. Paul comes into the school "suave and …

…him. But it was only the "disturbing" things, not the good things. Maybe if he had a mother or his father would have been closer to him this all could have been avoided. No, we can't change things, neither could Paul nor his father. I think Paul should have talked and listened to his father and teachers more often. So don't follow this example of foolishness or you too, will go to hell! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**