In the story of The Thief of Always by Clive Barker, Harvey follows Rictus into the Holiday House and sees that there is dark magic there within Hood, and as the plot goes on Harvey goes to defeat Hood with the help of some special. Those are the roles of three cats, Blue-Cat, Clue-cat, and Stew-cat, where are though they are minor characters, the are vital to the story.As we go through the book the cats play a big part that helps the story make it to the end. The roles of the three cats are so important because they together advance the plot, foreshadow, and advance the themes.
The three cats advance the plot of the story. Blue-Cat plays a humongous role in getting the boys out of the holiday house the first time. While the boys walk into
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Clue-Cat shows an important theme in the story that is that curiosity is not welcome. Right after Clue-Cat’s curiosity kills Clue-Cat and he hits the floor, Mrs. Griffin comes in and says, “No more questions from you “ ( 35 ). Though it is a small sentence, Barker repeats the “question” theme again. Clue-Cats curiosity get the best of him, with Barker suggests that “curiosity kills the cat”, and that is exactly what happens to Clue-Cat , which points back to Clue-cat’s name, which has “clue” and soon relates to his fate. As rictus says “no more questions” Harvey visits the Hood house and finds his “clue” which is Clue-Cat. Stew cat also advances the theme that love can overpower evil. While going down the stairs with Stew-Cat, Harvey thought, “[H]e might have declined to descend had Stew-Cat not hurried on past him, down into the murk.”(147). While Stew-Cat ran down the stairs, Clive barker includes the word “hurried” showing that whatever was down there [Mrs. Griffin] Stew-Cat must have very much cared about. Stew-Cat is the last survivor of the three cats that hood had evilly killed and through this text, loves Mrs. Griffin, showing that love can overpower evil through the “mist” of darkness. Since Stew-Cat loves Mrs. Griffon so much even through the obstacles of the house, he survived. Throughout the book, the three cats influence and advance the themes of the
Speech: Many of the words spoken by the cat at the beginning of the story have an upbeat connotative meaning. For instance, the cat says to the children. “But we can have/ Lots of fun that is funny!” (7). Explaining that it reveals that the cat’s character is an upbeat character that likes to have fun.
In The Book Thief, author Markus Zusak tells the tragic story of Liesel Meminger and her experiences in 1939 Nazi Germany. Zuzak incorporates compelling literary devices such as toe curling foreshadowing, personification, and vivid imagery in the form of simile and metaphors to grasp the readers’ interest. Zusak’s use of various literary devices helps to deepen the text and morals of the story, and makes the dramatic historical novel nearly impossible to put down.
What do you think the cats in the movie actually represented? (6 pts) This should be a minimum of one paragraph.
Liesel’s slow development of the power of words causes her to experience the negative effects of words and misery on many occasions throughout her lifetime.
The novel The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak, takes place during World War 2 in the town of Molching, Germany. The protagonist, Liesel Meminger, lives with a foster family, the Hubermann's, and has a deep love for literature. However, at the time, books are hard to come by so Liesel is forced to steal books from Nazi book burnings and the Mayor’s library. Liesel’s reading allows her to escape from the trying times of the war to the imaginary worlds of books. However, Liesel as Liesel matures, she discovers that books and words can not only be used for good, but for evil as well. The books that Liesel discovers throughout the novel directly contribute to Liesel’s growth as a human being and come to define her morals for life.
...wn simple ways. “Over the years, confusing fragments, lost corners of stories, have a clearer meaning when seen in a new light, a different place.” ― Michael Ondaatje, The Cat's Table. The boys boarded the vessel not knowing the journey ahead, not knowing that the memories and the friends they have made on this vessel with remain with them for the rest of their lives.
In the short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, the point of view is told from our unknown narrator, whom comes to help fix the house, and help comfort Roderick Usher, but does not end up helping him. Also the main theme is evil since the house is evil. After Roderick buries his dead sister, Madeline, she comes back to life and kills Roderick, the unknown narrator runs for his life, and watches the house collapse. In the other themes, madness and insanity, is because Roderick is having mental and emotional breakdowns because of his sister’s death. AN interesting fact about Poe is that he loved cats. Poe’s own cats name was Catterina.
which looks similar to his old cat but has a spooky factor to it. The
Edgar Allan Poe wrote that the single effect was the most important aspect of a short story, which everything must contribute to this effect. Poe’s gothic tale “The Black Cat” was written trying to achieve an effect of shocking insanity. In this first person narrative the narrator tells of his decline from sanity to madness, all because of an obsession with two (or possibly one) black cats. These ebony creatures finally drive him to take the life his wife, whose death he unsuccessfully tries to conceal.
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The presence of the two cats in the tale allows the narrator to see himself for who he truly is. In the beginning the narrator explains that his “tenderness of heart made him the jest of his companions”. (251) He also speaks of his love for animals that has remained with him from childhood into manhood. However, Poe contradicts this description of the narrator when he seems to become annoyed with the cat that he claims to love so much. While under the influence of alcohol the narrator is “fancied that the cat avoided his presence”(250) and as a result decides to brutally attack the cat. This black cat symbolizes the cruelty received by slaves from whites. The narrator not only “deliberately cuts one of the cats eyes from the sockets” (250) but he also goes on to hang the cat. Once the narrator successfully hangs the cat the tale begins to take a very dark and gothic-like turn. The racism and guilt of the narrator continues to haunt him once he has killed the black cat. Th...
“Black Cat” is about a narrator and his tribulations with animals, cats in particular with this work. The short story starts out with the narrator telling
As time evolves, so do the words that are essential for our everyday survival. The most obvious difference between humans and animals is our ability to master the art of speech. Often, people will say the “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”, a simple nursery rhyme that helps ease a bullied child from abusive words and taunts. But does that really help cure the emotional pain? Words can illuminate and motivate the minds of people but can also shadow their self-esteem through psychological trauma. In The Book Thief, we see how fundamental words were to shape the reality of millions of people caught in the fire of World War II.
The narcissism of the narrator contributes to the overall darkness of the story and is largely conclusive to the dark and the underlying malevolence of Poe’s own conscience. The cat in “The...
In the stories, “The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Black Cat,” both narrators have a misguided perception that induces their senses to confuse reality with delusions. This misguided perception is brought on by the abnormal psychology of both men. This is a common theme in Poes’ stories. In “The Black Cat” the narrator feels a sense of fright and disgust when reviewing the attached behavior of the second cat. Poe’s description of the second cat is eerily similar to that of the first cat, Pluto. As author Magdalen Wing-Chi Ki states, “the narrator is convinced that it ‘must be’ Pluto on account of two things: it follows him around in the hope of becoming his absolute partner, and one of its eyes is gone.” A rational person understands that it is impossible for the second cat to be Pluto, but the narrator is so misguided that he believes this inconceivable delusion. This mistaken fantasy fuels the narrator’s madness, giving him more evidence that mu...