Pauls Case short story?

Question: Pauls Case short story!?

1) What is Paul afraid of in the dark corner!?

2) What is it about Paul that upsets adults!?

#2 I believe its Pauls physcial appearence and his rebellious acts!. I am not sure, any other answers will be accepted!.

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Paul meets with the Principal and his teachers from Pittsburgh High School after he has been suspended for a week!. They complain of his agitation in class, and of his apparent repulsion of other people's bodies!. He then goes to work at Carnegie Hall but he is early, so he loiters in the picture gallery!. He then proceeds to usher the audience in; one of them is his English teacher!. After the concert he follows some of the singers and marvels at their glamour!. He then walks back to his house but decides to sneak into the basement and spend the night there so he doesn't have to explain to his father why he is late!. Paul despises the 'burghers' and is unimpressed by a young man who works for an iron company and is married with four children, although his father would like to use him as a role model for his son!. Instead, Paul decides to visit Charley Edwards, a young actor who works at Carnegie Hall!. Sometime later, as Paul made it clear to one of his teachers that his job there was more important than his lessons, his father prevents him from continuing to work there!.

Sometime later, Paul takes a train to New York City!. He now works for Denny & Carson's and has stolen $2,000 for his trip!. He goes to The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, walks around the city, and meets a young San Franciscan who shows him around the nightlife until morning!. On the eighth day, however, Paul reads in the Pittsburgh newspapers that the theft has been made public, and that his father has returned the money and is now on his way to New York City to fetch his son!. Paul decides to take a train and a cab in Pennsylvania, and kills himself by jumping in front of a train!.

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