"Paul's Case"
...hand; Paul had started back with a shudder and thrust his hands violently behind him. Paul’s father played a big factor in the causes in Paul’s aggressiveness. His father went to the school where Paul attended and withdrew him so that Paul would have to go and work at Carson and Denny’s firm. Paul’s father refused to accept his son’s interest in the arts. Last, aggressiveness turned into rage when his father went to the theater and told the employer to fire Paul. Initially, Paul’s nervousness is evident when he interacts with his principle and teachers. His lips were continually twitching, and he had a habit of raising his eyebrows that was contemptuous and irritating to the last degree. In class he habitually sat with his hand shading his eyes; in another he always looked out of the window during recitation. His teacher said, “I don’t believe that smile; there’s something sort of haunted about it. There is something wrong about that fellow.” Paul was always nervous in confronting his father. One day after supper, Paul nervously asked his father whether he could go to George’s to get some help in his geometry, and still more nervously asked for car fare. Paul’s seemingly ultimate defiance is expressed by stealing $2000 from Carson and Denny’s firm and running off to New York. This defiance was expressed in many different examples; Paul was able to enjoy his love for the arts in spite of his father negative influence. He started off by going to Brooks Brothers to fit himself with some of the finest clothing. He then proceeded to Waldorf. Not once, but a hundred times Paul had planned this entry into New York. He had gone over every detail of it with Charley Edwards, and in...