1. Cathartic Responses in Works of Black Comedy
The concept of change in this sense is portrayed through the prescribed text Feliks Skrzynecki, Migrant hostel, and 10 Mary St composed by Peter Skrzynecki, the stimulus booklet Text 1 "The Door" by Miroslav Holub, also the song "Cats in the Cradle" by Harry Chaplin and the novel The Poisonwood bible composed by Barbra Kingsolver. ... The concept that changing of perspective happens with maturity is also shown in the text Cats in the cradle by Harry Chaplin, where once again we see the falling apart of a father-son relationship, as we did in Fleiks Skrzynecki. Cats in the cradle is a story abo...
But although she agrees to follow through with the excursion, she refuses to go with out her cat Pitty Sing. Afraid that the cat will accidentally asphyxiate himself on the gas stove if left behind, she secretly stows Pitty Sing in her basket. ... The grandmother drifts in and out of "cat-naps," but awakens quickly when the family reaches the town of Toombsboro. ... Furthermore, while they wonder what to do next, a "big black battered hearse-like automobile" tops the hill coming towards them, presenting the last clue before the actual killings begin to occur. When brought face to face with...
But although she agrees to follow through with the excursion, she refuses to go with out her cat Pitty Sing. Afraid that the cat will accidentally asphyxiate himself on the gas stove if left behind, she secretly stows Pitty Sing in her basket. ... The grandmother drifts in and out of "cat-naps," but awakens quickly when the family reaches the town of Toombsboro. ... Furthermore, while they wonder what to do next, a "big black battered hearse-like automobile" tops the hill coming towards them, presenting the last clue before the actual killings begin to occur (Jones 2887). ... When br...
But although she agrees to follow through with the excursion, she refuses to go with out her cat Pitty Sing. Afraid that the cat will accidentally asphyxiate himself on the gas stove if left behind, she secretly stows Pitty Sing in her basket. ... The grandmother drifts in and out of "cat-naps," but awakens quickly when the family reaches the town of Toombsboro. ... Furthermore, while they wonder what to do next, a "big black battered hearse-like automobile" tops the hill coming towards them, presenting the last clue before the actual killings begin to occur (Jones 2887...
A more obscure account of foreshadowing occurs when the family is preparing to leave for Florida and the grandmother is the first one in the car, with Pitty Sing, her cat, hidden in a basket because "she didn't intend for the cat to be left alone in the house for three days because he would miss her too much and she was afraid he might brush against one of the gas burners and accidentally asphyxiate himself. Her son, Bailey, didn't like to arrive at a motel with a cat" (473). The cat will eventually play a large role in the family's misfortunes, but, upon first reading, one do...
Throughout the novel Moody shows discontent with her family and fellow black citizens for simply accepting the circumstances and the position in which they lived. ... Now this old lady had eight cats that also lived on the back porch. ... She was fussy about her cats so I didn't yell at them or shoo them away. ... But when she came back, she just let those cats help themselves. ... Johnson lonely cat house, she was able to get a job at Mrs.Claiborne's house, like they say when one door closes another one opens up. ...
During this time a blight of the potato crop left acres of Irish farmland covered with black rot. ... If a black cat crosses my path, or if I accidentally open an umbrella in the house, I automatically begin waiting for the bad luck to begin. ...
Without say from the children's parents, the grandmother takes it upon herself to keep the peace between them, by telling them a story of a black child mistakenly eating her watermelon with initials from a suitor carved in it reading E.A.T. ... It was on this bumpy and windy road where ironically the newspaper concealing the cat moves causing Pitty Sing to lurch on Bailey's shoulder resulting in the car being overturned. ...
Without say from the children's parents, the grandmother takes it upon herself to keep the peace between them, by telling them a story of a black child mistakenly eating her watermelon with initials from a suitor carved in it reading E.A.T. ... It was on this bumpy and windy road where ironically the newspaper concealing the cat moves causing Pitty Sing to lurch on Bailey's shoulder resulting in the car being overturned. ...
The mice represent little fears or irritants (128), the horse represents freedom and expanding a sense of self (111), the birds represent the ability to soar to a higher awareness (65), and the dog represents the masculine part of the self and the need to verbalize desires (89).The evil earth mother also has a familiar a black cat, representing the feminine unconscious (Bethards 74). ...
Walking down the stairs at the end of the school day, I was as happy as can be, because I had brought my rollerblades to school so I could skate at SACC on the black top. ... We drove up the long gravel driveway, daisy the fat orange cat scampered across to get out of the way of the big red van. ...