My prospective of the Rabbi's Cat

  In the graphic literature called, "The Rabbi's Cat" by Joann Sfar, the character kitty was the character that stood out at me. The cat was very curious and smart. He was also very blunt. The cat asked a lot of questions in "Rabbi's Cat" that made sense. Some of the questions he would ask were probably questions that others may of wanted to ask but was too scared to do so. The cat being so blunt is what made him a very entertaining character. In chapter 1, he was talking about how annoying the parrot was because all he said was,"caw caw". He then ate the parrot and was able to talk. The kitty showed a unselfish act when in chapter 2, he gave up his ability to talk just so he could help his master pass the french dictation.
          I was drawn to the kitty because he was the way I wish I could be. He would say things and didn't care whether it made the person mad or not. Being the way kitty was in "The Rabbi's Cat" could help you get a lot off your chest. Your not left with saying to yourself, "Oh, I should of did this or I should of said that"!
          My overall experience with literature like, "The Rabbi's Cat" was I enjoyed it a lot. I did have to keep an open mind while reading it because my religion and beliefs are not like the cat's or the rabbi's religion or beliefs. The cat is the character in the novel that kept my interest throughout the whole novel. I would read another novel like "The Rabbi's Cat" as long as it contains another character that was as "real" as kitty was.

Nervous Conditions

          One of the parts in the story that interest me is the part in chapter 2, when Mr. Matimba took her to sell her green maize to the white people.  He felt since white people had more money they would spend more on her maize then black people.  When they tried to sell the maize the white people got mad at him.  They thought he was making her sell the maize like she was in slavery.  The white woman named, Doris actually called herself telling him off.  She eventually gave Mr. Matimba money for her fee's but it still was after her assumptions.
          This part was interesting to me because all people make assumptions without knowing the truth.  Just like Matimba assumed that white people would pay more because they can afford to be generous. We as people look at people and assume certain things.  Like for example, some people may assume that just because a person dresses a certain way they either assume you don't have any money because your not dressed how they think you should dress with having money.  Or assume you have money because you dress nice and drive a nice, new car.
          One year, when I used to work at Petermann bus company, it was this man that rode a bike to work everyday and he wore dirty clothes.  We all use to look at him and say," why they hire someone like him".  We also thought he didn't have a car because he rode a bike to work everyday.  Well, the truth was he had a car, in fact, he was a very wealthy man.  He was just driving buses to have something to do.  We all assumed that because of the way he looked he was poor.  When you make assumptions most of the time you assume wrong.
          Mr. Matimba didn't think Doris would act the way she reacted at first.  He assumed, (before she turned out to be), that she should be generous because she could afford to.  She wasn't generous until after he explained everything.
          Overall, I don't think I would read this story again.  It is kind of boring.  I had a hard time reading the story.  I can say some parts do interest me though, like the part I just mentioned.