The Cat-Or How I Lost Eternity by Jutta Richter
Different. Interesting. Christine is a third grade girl who befriends an old white cat that wonders along the path which leads to Liza’s school. Christine blames her tardiness to school on the cat because it requires her to stop, pet, and visit every morning. When she is given a punishment by the principal to write 200 sentences the cat encourages her to change the wording so that she would not end up believing the cats don’t talk. The white cat has a way of persuading Liza into thinking and second guessing what the adults in her life are saying. Liza feels sorry for the neighbor’s German shepherd because he is caged all day and wants to befriend, she also wonders about her neighbor and if he is lonely and even the mice that the cat eats, but the white cat tells her they all deserve what they get. Finally one day Christine realizes that is more important to do and feel the right and stops listening to the cat and from that day on the cat did not meet her on the path to school. I stayed a little confused with the book. I think it is a little to high level for some readers. I think that the cat may have been used to symbolize Christine’s conscience or the devil trying to lead her to the dark side and in the end goodness won over
Different. Interesting. Christine is a third grade girl who befriends an old white cat that wonders along the path which leads to Liza’s school. Christine blames her tardiness to school on the cat because it requires her to stop, pet, and visit every morning. When she is given a punishment by the principal to write 200 sentences the cat encourages her to change the wording so that she would not end up believing the cats don’t talk. The white cat has a way of persuading Liza into thinking and second guessing what the adults in her life are saying. Liza feels sorry for the neighbor’s German shepherd because he is caged all day and wants to befriend, she also wonders about her neighbor and if he is lonely and even the mice that the cat eats, but the white cat tells her they all deserve what they get. Finally one day Christine realizes that is more important to do and feel the right and stops listening to the cat and from that day on the cat did not meet her on the path to school. I stayed a little confused with the book. I think it is a little to high level for some readers. I think that the cat may have been used to symbolize Christine’s conscience or the devil trying to lead her to the dark side and in the end goodness won over
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