The Rabbi’s Cat is a great book that goes well with the whole theme of my English literature. Personally the best character and most amusing to follow is Kitty!! Not only can he be rude and brutally honest, he still cares for his family and their wellbeing, not only does this make him the best all-around cat, but to top it off he can talk. The key parts that I thought were most important to this story were the points that Kitty made about Religion, he constantly questions whether the Rabbi should fully stay true to his faith as well. Even though kitty is confused about how he should feel towards religion, he is courageous and kind hearted when he gives his voice up so that his master will do good on his test.
The other character that I like was the Zlabya, she is supportive of her father and his goal to be Rabbi yet she wants to have her own life more towards the colonized just like in Nervous Conditions. Tambu and Zlabya are alike because they have to get used to becoming colonized, for Tambu she had to learn to go to school and be proper in the English view, to where Zlabya has an internal fight with herself in wanting to be more Persian. She basically goes from being a sheltered girl raised by a religious father to marrying a colonized Persian man who yet still holds onto religion by being a Rabbi. So her trip to Paris with her new husband can also be compared to Tambu’s when she goes to the Mission. Kitty and Zlabya are both my favorite characters just by how they are portrayed throughout the graphic novel, and because I can somewhat relate to them.
Overall colonization is a problem depending on which view that each story is read in, obviously if one person is strongly traditional and African they would think colonization is a bad thing. If the reader is mutual then one could say that colonization is both good and bad in furthering one’s self in life. Finally those who are susceptible to change would find colonization as a great opportunity in life. Personally colonization is judged and should be taken however the viewer of it decides who’s to say it’s right or wrong?
Nice choice of graphic. You know, I think when you write Persian in this posting, I think you mean Parisian. Sometimes they are same thing, but most often not. As for judging colonialism, you have a good point about it being a personal issue, but there are larger ramifications that are not just personal.
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