The narrator draws particular attention to Paul's eyes describing them as "remarkable for a certain hysterical brilliancy"(Cather 245); this is followed by the response of his teachers who find it "peculiarly offensive in a boy"(Cather 245). ... After the meeting his teachers felt remorse for their onslaught against this mere boy. ... He pulled Paul out of school and sent him to work as an accounts assistant with his fathers firm. ... Like an addiction, the theater would send him into heaven only to fall harder and harder into his dismal existence. ... When Paul had left from New York...

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• Grade Level: High School