tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703718213453635254.post8364016889185966920..comments2012-12-05T22:45:25.859-08:00Comments on Introduction to Short Fiction: Who throws a cat?Professor Crystal Benedickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356748083537416572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703718213453635254.post-24439496299247810662012-12-05T22:45:25.859-08:002012-12-05T22:45:25.859-08:00To add on what Pat said, the narrator of the story...To add on what Pat said, the narrator of the story is trying to deny growing up, and having people depending on her, which can explain why she killed the cat since it was depending on her.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986447093543950341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703718213453635254.post-40692143490619304122008-09-28T18:40:00.000-07:002008-09-28T18:40:00.000-07:00Has it occurred to anyone that she mentions the Ja...Has it occurred to anyone that she mentions the Japanese Boy/Girl Day festival, yet doesn't react in an apeshit way? Maybe she still identifies herself as a kid, although she'd like us to think she's all grown up.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062400631216665129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703718213453635254.post-830954300900320162008-09-28T14:32:00.000-07:002008-09-28T14:32:00.000-07:00In Gloria Sawai’s short story “Mother’s Day” the p...In Gloria Sawai’s short story “Mother’s Day” the protagonist, the little girl, lives her life according to what she has been told. She constantly refers to things that she has been taught when she defends her views. She thinks, ““Judge not, lest you be judged”, the Scripture says” (199) or “As the Catechism says: “Let husbands and wives love and respect each other”” (200). As the story unfolds, it seems as if the girl feels she is powerless to alter the direction of her life. She could not even speak out against her father when he saw her naked chest. She thinks, “I couldn’t say anything. I just lay there and cried” (202). As she is physically getting older, the girl is afraid of having to become a mother one day. She feels as if society is pushing her towards motherhood. Her neighbor even tells her, “You’re going to make a very good little mother” (204). Therefore, she believes that motherhood is inevitable. The girl may have killed the cat because the cat represents herself and her belief in her inability to decide her own fate. Before she kills the cat she thinks, “But most of all, I hated it dangling there alone, under the stars, watching me, waiting” (205). As the cat’s fate is in her hands, the little girls feels that her own fate is in society’s hands. Her act of killing the car can be seen as her disproval of people pushing her towards the idea of motherhood. She seems frustrated at the fact that there is even a day named Mother’s Day. She believes that society makes it seem as if all women must become mothers. Her act of killing the cat may represent her disproval of this societal view.About Ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784051713124295394noreply@blogger.com