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Imagery In Paul's Case

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"Paul's Case," by Willa Cather, is a short story about a young, high school aged boy who exhibits many internal struggles. Cather uses specific literary devices such as imagery and symbolism that help establish Paul's ongoing struggle with his sexuality and inability to reach his desired identity. Paul dressed very dandy in school, this hinted at his ongoing sexuality struggle throughout the story. Cather uses specific imagery of his appearance that would lead to the readers assumption of Paul's sexuality, "... his whole attitude was symbolized by his shrug and his flippantly red carnation flower..."(407) The reader can immediately see that Paul is slightly different from the stereotypical norm of this time period, because flowers weren't

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