Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and New York City, New York; a winter in the early 1900s. ... The setting in "Paul's Case" is split between a (mostly) dreary Pittsburgh and a (mostly) dreary New York. Let's check out exactly how Cather plays these two places against each other.
Repeating a sequence of words at the beginning of a phrase is called 'Anaphora' in rhetoric. It is used in speeches to give emphasis to the point being discussed. Thus, the speaker wanted to emphasize his point and encourage his listeners to do something as well.
The narrator seems to be reading or writing a biography. Unless, the narrator is the main character in the story. The narrator’s point of view is usually told is descriptive detail because they either experienced the events or was a background character in the story/documentary that is being told. -sorry if that wasn’t the question.
B: it lets you respond to how the peice was writen.