Isolation in To Room Nineteen and Pauls Case
At root in Willa Cathers Pauls Case is a young boys fear of his father, which is the most devastating aspect of the story. As in Lessings To Room Nineteen, in Cathers the ultimate problem falls on the man who should be more empathetic and loving. In both stories, it is a lack of love and empathy on the part of the manthe husband in Lessings To Room Nineteen and the father in Cathers Pauls Casethat pushes the respective wife and son of the stories into total isolation.
The failure of intelligence identified by Lessing in To Room Nineteen is not a reference to Susans gradual descent into madness but rather a condemnation of her husband Matthew for his inability to understand and empathize with his wifes illness (875). He simply sees her as unreasonable and cruelly dismisses her needs. As her husband, he is bound to love her and support her as though she is his own fleshbut an indiscretion earlier in their marriage has already revealed what type of husband...
There is no hope for her in the material realm or in the spiritual, since there is only but one moment in the entire story when she kneels to pray, and it is then more an act of terror and desperation than of genuine faith. Similarly, Cathers Pauls Case is a tale of despair exhibited through a young mans isolation from contemporary society. He is attracted by the allure of the lavish night life of the theater and big city, yet he possesses none of the virtues that would enable to rise up and join that social life in a meaningful way. He steals, impersonates a wealthy patron, and then hurls…
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