Discussion
Question #1
Identify several places in “Paul’s Case” where music is used to mirror the main character’s condition.
Question #2
(Cather) Explore what is implied by this passage: “He had no especial desire to meet or to know any of these people; all he demanded was the right to look on and conjecture, to watch the pageant. The mere stage properties were all he contended for.”
Question #3
What are the parallels between the setting of “Babylon Revisited” and America today?
Book Name: Baym, Nina. The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Volume 2. Shorter Edition 8. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012.