Analysis Of Paul's Silent Snow, Secret Snow

After a space of tranquility the wind would move the snow again. Continuing this pattern of incoherence.

At the beginning of the book, Paul is an outcast, “Hey, Eclipse Boy,” and is never noticed, except by a few people, “Unfortunately, nobody… paid much attention to me.” At first, Paul is a person no one really notices or cares about him, not even his own Dad. Almost Everyone is more focused on his evil older brother, Erik. Paul is also almost always cowardice, “I’m

Also, Paul killed a man and lost his mind. Paul’s apathy shows itself clearly when he finds out one of his friends has died towards the beginning of the book. He showed a lack of apathy when

He realizes just like his father and his mother he is using drug and alcohol to cope with his pain is slowly killing them. Paul still didn’t know if he wants to live or die so he flirts with the idea of death, but he stops himself at the last second.

After each death more and more of Paul’s humanity becomes lost, and he fears that in peacetime he will be without purpose because he knows little of the world beyond the war. A month before the war would come to an end for all

This shows that Paul had known the truth for so long, but never had the guts to tell it. Paul knows so many things, but he’s just not ready to let it

Paul’s mother messed up big-time when she chose not to tell him about his eyesight, because now Paul has to go through the process of finding out himself. Outside his house Houston, when they are about to leave, Paul has a flashback:”’ I was remembering. I was remembering something that happened’” (P. 4) This scene shows when Paul remembers that someone tried to kill him, but no-one believes him. He is shocked at this, and that is his first step to remembering. Then, Paul remembers something else,

On furlough, Paul maintains his loyalty to Kemmerich and visits his mother. Having been there in his final hours, Paul was the only one who truly tell his

The fact that Paul sits alone and has no desire to speak with anyone else establishes that Paul is disconnected from those around him. Before New York, Paul is still able to establish some sort of connection with those around him. It is after being separated from Carnegie Hall that Paul is solely focused on this imaginary reality that Paul fully disconnects from society. Therefore, this illustrates how his connection is severed as a result of this traumatic event.

Paul finally escaped the hostile world he lived in, but his money-bought romance did not last long. When he discovers that his theft has been made known in the new papers, and all the stolen money has ran out, he knew he had to go back to his real life. After a week of having the glamorized life he was longing for, Paul refused to go back to face the reality that he left behind in Pittsburgh. Paul knew he couldn’t go on forever in the City with no money in his pockets so he decided to give up on his own life. While going to get on his train that would bring him back to reality, Paul stepped out in front of it and killed himself.

He knows what is going on and why the trees are bent; but people like him, often neglect the reality of things because they are normally bad. They do it to make themselves feel better. Frost also uses soothing words to describe bad things so that the situation isn’t taken in such a negative way, such as “Soon the sun’s warmth makes them shed crystal shells” (10).

In order for Paul to achieve his goal, he is willing to do anything that he can except hurt a few people. Paul would be willing to hurt the majority of people that come in his way unless it is someone whom he deems important to himself. In the past Paul has not kept many people and he has always believed in pushing the people close to him away as a defense mechanism though he is not willing to accept it. The people who generally stand in his way are people he is not interested in having a relationship with or people who challenge the way he does anything. Paul lacks self confidence as he always viewed his mother as his role model and does not know how to interact in the real world with respect and dignity without her until he met someone new

He is described as a mildly troubled man, who has difficulty receiving payment for his carpentry jobs, despite his relatively wealthy clientele. Near the end of the third chapter, Paul decides to explore a section of woods of a nearby park, in hopes he will “see something beautiful

Like all art, there are endless ways for this piece to be interpreted evoking countless emotions depending on the experiences of the person. The goal of an artist, is to inspire thought and conversation, which this piece does beautifully. The best thing about snow, is how it can completely change the atmosphere of a scene. When I look at the piece, I can feel the cold and hear the deafening silence that comes with a winter storm. I love that snow can lead to some many sensations, from feeling cozy and safe by the fire, to a cold dreadful feeling of complete isolation. When there is nothing but the sounds of branches snapping under the heft of something that seems so weightless and the crunch as you walk along something that appears so soft,

This open ending also shows character development. In the beginning of the text, Paul seems very unsure about people-watching: “It feels odd, thinks Paul, to be stationary here, when everybody else is in transit”, he later expresses this doubt to Kajsa: “It’s an invasion of privacy, what we are doing. Haven’t you ever thought of that?”- but in the ending, he does not seem to care if anyone is watching him cry. This might have to do with his thoughts while people-watching.