Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
¶ … Funny" and "I Am a Cat" should be considered together, birds and cats being as they are to each other. Still, one doesn't have to go too far to understand why Kamienska used a bird to ask what it's like to be human; Kamienska must have felt much like a caged bird herself throughout much of her life, living in a country where one must have spent a lot of time "filling up on hunger."
Funny," of course, is anything but funny, another embedded irony. The bird flew effortlessly up into the air upon hearing the distress of the human, not the least of which was distress at the time-bound nature of human life.
More than that, however, the human knows she only has a limited time to be human, something the bird doesn't think about. The bird is merely curious, not particularly thoughtful. The bird's cavalier attitude makes it all the more ironic that the human begins -- at the simple question -- to ponder deep thoughts about the meaning of life. And this, too, is ironic since it is obvious that the bird didn't really care. For the bird, asking was just something to pass the time, which seemed to the bird to stretch endlessly in front of it as it soared away.
I am a Cat is, both in length and depth of investigation, a more complete...
It opens in pathos, with the poor kitten being tortured by the Student. It begins in a very human way, searching for food, comfort, shelter with the cat emotional about it, as a human would be. It ends in a very cat-like way, with the cat at a place of acceptance, but it is the acceptance of knowledge, not really of resignation as the cat itself contends. In this way, Soseki reveals that the human condition is, in fact, not much different than that of the cat. The cat, however, is luckier than the Schoolteacher with whom it lives.
In coming to live with human beings, I have had the chance to observe them and the more I do, the more I come to the conclusion that they are terribly spoiled, especially the children," the cat says.
He complains about them holding him upside down, about neglecting his needs. Taking the cat as a metaphor for weaker humans, there is a fine irony in the cat's tales of human cruelty, including the drowning of four kittens, disposable living things. Moreover, putting this scene in juxtaposition with the cat's information that a cat will protect its food, but won't fight for much else certainly casts humanity in a negative light. In this regard, at least, the cat is a nobler creature…
Claire The Cat in "Claire" "Claire" by Steven Barthelme is a story about a man who has lost the love of his life, Claire, mainly because of an addiction to gambling. Although the couple has parted, and Claire intends to marry someone else, they still love each other and have remained friends. Bailey often borrows money from her to support his habit, and the reader gets the feeling in the opening
Despondent State of Human Condition in Funny by Anna Kamienska and I Am a Cat by Natsume Soseki In the world of literature, humans predominate as characters in portraying social realities in the world. This is a common practice among writers, since human experience is best illustrated through the point-of-view of a human; and with every social experience, a subjective interpretation of this experience yields a particular reality that is
In addition, the human pronoun "her" is used to refer to the mother penguin, while "it" would have been a more appropriate choice if the author wanted to reinforce the penguins' animal aspects (BBC 3, 8). While the author does use the term "chick" throughout the book, mixing it with the human-like terms further allow the child reader to grasp the non-fiction elements of the book while still remaining
The natural hatred between mice and cats is reflected in the mouse's expressed anguish against Alice's amazed narrative of cats in her world: "Let us get to the shore, and then I'll tell you my history, and you'll understand why it is I hate cats and dogs." This simple line carries with the weight of the history of social inequality: Carroll endeavors his readers to look into history how
Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor. Specifically, it will focus on the use of comedy/humor, foreshadowing, and irony in the work. Flannery O'Connor is one of the South's most well-known writers, and nearly all of her works, including this short story, take place in Southern locales. Her work embodies the Southern lifestyle, which includes close family ties, attention to family roots, and a more laid-back and
This 'floating' use of body parts and fluid use of human and mouse anatomical characteristics is another distinct feature of the graphic style of Maus. Frame 6 In this frame, we discover the source of the father's displeasure with Mala. Mala was putting Artie's coat on a wire hanger. The petty nature of this tantrum indicates the stress under which Artie's father labors. He is angry about small things, despite having