Her husband has not yet reached the age of retirement, and I suppose Norma is about the same age as him. .
Norma has gotten fatter and fatter over the years, and her family has started to loathe her because of her appearance, and I think of them as very superficial. They seem as if they only care for showing off what they have got: "At breakfast next morning June gave her mother instructions to empty "her junk room" because it would be just the right place to display the presents (p. 5, l. 52-53)". This superficial side of the family is something Norma is well aware of: "Colonel, do you think it acceptable practice to ask only the useful and or decorative to your wedding? (p. 4, l. 12-13)".
She has had to put up with harsh words and unfriendly voices in the house for years, and she has not gotten to display or tell about what really matters to her - no one wants to listen to what she has to say. I think the reason to why she is more attached to her cat than to her family is because she sees herself in it. It has visual outer "flaws" like her. But when she meets Arthur she comes out of her shell. She realizes that it is no use pretending to be someone else, and Arthur makes her see the world from a whole new perspective. His values make more sense to her, and she is more comfortable around him, because she knows that he does not judge on looks, and that he sees her for who she really is. His values are in a way more humane.
Despite them being complete opposites there is a certain attraction between them from the very first time they meet. This is where the old proverb comes in - "Opposites attract": He is very thin whereas she is very fat; he is interested in philosophy and she in English literature. I believe these last two contrasts to be the lead motives in the story. Philosophy is where you concentrate on relative things that are not visible to the human eye. For instance: Do we know for sure that we truly do exist? Perhaps reality is just something we imagine to be true.
Another critic says, " ˜The Black Cat' is perfect eerie and dark. ... However, because of an urgent letter that he received from Roderick which requested his aid, the nameless narrator decides to make the long journey. ... He was especially fond of animals, including one specific animal, a cat. The cat was large and black. ... At first he loves the cat and cares for it very affectionately. ...
And Garfield is not exactly a cat of action. ... There's something else to be said for Davis' strip: Garfield may be a cat on the comics page, but in real life he's a cash cow. ... And didn't people love cats? ... Upon Garfield's 24th anniversary, Ogle was moved to write a letter to this newspaper that began, "At 24, he's exceeded the expected longevity of the feline species, and that's not necessarily a good thing." (It's the one "Garfield"-related letter to the editor received by The Star in at least 10 years; "Boondocks," which The Star began...
Then he used only the first letter of the English equivalent in spelling an English word. Thus, the Navajo words "wol-la-chee" (ant), "be-la-sana" (apple) and "tse-nill" (axe) all stood for the letter "a." ... Not all words had to be spelled out letter by letter. ... (Moasi) - Cat (Tla-Gin) - Coal (Ba-Goshi) - Cow D. ...
It's a talking cat who personifies typical characteristics humans tend to attribute to felines: haughtiness, indifference, and superiority. ... (Appin/Mr Wilfrid's statement of the cat's capacity to talk). ... "Cats, those wonderful creatures which have assimilated themselves so marvellously with our civilization while retaining all their highly developed feral instincts."" ... "Cats have nine lives, you know," said Sir Wilfred heartily. ... " * By midday most of the guests had quitted the Towers, and after lunch Lady Blemley had sufficiently recovered her spirits to...
We live in a small apartment in Brooklyn with our cat Tina. ... By the time you read this letter you will be celebrating your 18th birthday. The purpose of this letter is to provide you with all the information about my pregnancy, the process of giving birth to you, and include all the factors that I believe affected your overall development. I want, through this letter, to offer you a kind of guideline I would like you to follow for when you become a parent. ... I love you immensely, and I hope this letter can be useful to you. ...
Compare & Contrast The two things that I've decided to compare and contrast are two different Audrey Hepburn movies. The two movies are "Breakfast At Tiffany's" and "Charade". Both happen to be favorites of mine. In "Breakfast At Tiffany's", Audrey plays Holly Golightly. She meets a young man...
Valdemar, The Black Cat, Eleonora, The Masque of the Red Death, The Raven in which Poe speaks of in his composition, and Alone. ... In the Black Cat there are steps as well, though they are not as clear as the buildup in the story of Mr. ... Especially being that I am a great lover of animals, The Black Cat makes me angry and want to throw up to say the least. ... This is because Poe in describing his story of Eleonora starts off writing a letter to what seems another female, but doesn't sign the letter. ...
Dursley was just leaving for work when he noticed a cat reading a map, and many men and women that he had never seen before walking around in long multi-colored coats. ... Dursley arrived home from a long days work he couldn't help but notice the same tabby cat with a pair of sun glasses on. ... The tabby cat had unremarkably turned back into Professor McGonagall. ... Nearly Ten years later Harry receives a letter from Hogwarts that says: Dear Mr. ... Yours sincerely, Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress When Harry finally received this let...