Summary Of Curiosity By Alistair Reid

The poem “Little Cats” is Langston Hughes talking about what had or what might have happened to his friends. The first stanza states “What happens to little cats?/ Some get drowned in a well,/ Some run over by a car-/ But none goes to hell.” (Hughes, lines 1-4).The opening stanza indicates what truly happens to his friends that he does not keep in touch with that well.

In our readings, the authors yearned for a more simplistic approach to life and looked back on their lives and wondered if they are living correctly. They had left the human restraints of society, that separate them from nature, to search for the answers that no one seems to have the answer to. “ I had crossed the highway, stepped over two low barbed-wire fences...” (Dillard 6) “I’ll

This shows that the novel and the poem compare because they both grow up and they are not so innocent as they grow. In both the novel and the poem talk about making mistakes and how no one is

Cats are said to have nine lives, to have multiple, or one might say an abundance of chances to get things right or to live. The actual cats came looking for food and in the last line of the poem it says the cats can to "us for/The love of chicken, but love all the same."(40-41). If the members of this story are the cats, the speaker seems to be saying that, as I paraphrased in my pre-write, that although seemingly shallow, the love of something superficial like food or chicken was validated because it was still love. Although superficial, the love of food translates to a love of a nessesity for life which is an accpetable

“In the early nineteen-seventies, for instance, the biologist Erika Friedmann, of Brooklyn College, studied how heart-attack patients respond to social support. Patients who had a dog or cat, she found, were more than four times as likely to survive a year after a heart attack than those who didn’t have a pet” (Bilger, part 3, paragraph 21). If the research is done, it is easy to see that humans generally live longer if they own a pet. Caring for a pet can be emotional also. Sharing a living space with another living being will allow you to get attached to them and build relationships you probably had never thought you’d have before. In the article, The Last Meow, it explains how Karen had suffered injuries in an accident and found later that she could not get pregnant. Knowing that she could not start a family and living in pain everyday was taking a toll on her mentally and emotionally. However, when they had started caring for their cats, she found a way to fill her depression. “Karen had studied enough psychology to suspect that her feelings for Lady were party misplaced mothering instincts, but she also knew that relationships like theirs could have a particular intensity” (Bilger, part 3, paragraph 21). Owning the cats made her happy. It is obvious why she would go through debt just to save the

They give you a feeling of purpose which can be crucial when you are feeling down and overwhelmed. By caring for your pet, it allows you to focus on something other than yourself.

People always realize when they are neglecting others because those people can speak out for themselves; however, they hardly ever acknowledge when they are neglecting pets because people cannot understand pets. Why is it that people fail to realize the boredom and pain they put on pets? Most people answer and explain that it is because pet owners are far more concerned with their lives and their problems, so they cannot recognize their pet’s pain. In “Is Your Pet Lonely and Bored?” by Jessica Pierce, when Pierce revealed troubling aspects of an unhealthy relationship between pets and pet owners. Pets are lonely and bored, and most pet owners do not seem to care, so they ignore it. Pierce became sympathetic for pets because of their conditions and came to a conclusion that pet owners should what it is like to be a pet from their perspective.

The fourth and final stanza includes a metaphor referring to dogs, which one can assume are symbolic of the uncurious people. Reid states that the cats, the curious, are lucky. They are nine-lived and willing to change. Consequently, they must be prepared to suffer consequences which seem worth the escapades and excitement they may encounter. “And what cats have to tell on each return from hell is this: that dying is what the living do, that dying is what the loving do and that dead dogs are those who do not know that dying is what, to live, each has to do.” (lines 39-44) That passage from the last stanza is the most significant of the entire poem. Reid infers that life in itself is curiosity. If one truly believes that he or she is living, they are risking consequences. He also conveys love as a risk involving curiosity, but that one has not lived until one experiences such things. The “dead dogs”, again, are the uncurious people who simply do not understand life or love. They are the ones who will never experience life as a cat, life as an adventure

Owning an animal can take up a lot of time. For most people time is of the essence, and spending a lot of time on an animal is unrealistic . Cats are able to live without their owners for days on end. They can usually find something to eat, and pee if plants for example. But dogs need to be put in kennels and looked after by another person. Dogs also have to be put on leashes when they are outside. Cats have the ability to roam freely because their owners do not have to worry about them causing a lot of trouble. A cat is allowed to be outside until late hours because owners know that the feline will make its way home, where as a dog at night is usually brought inside, or chained up outside.

The narrator finds this cat to be out of place, and she uses the sight of this cat to take her text in a different direction. Losing her train of thought is an exercise in allowing the reader to experience what it might feel like to be a woman writer. Although the narrator goes on to make a valuable point about the atmosphere at her luncheon, she has lost her original point. Women, who so often lack a room of their own and the time to write, cannot compete against the men who are not forced to struggle for such basic necessities.

pets can make you happy when you are sad or be with you in the worst times.

Dosomething.org defines Cyber Bullying as “the use of technology to hassle, threaten, verbally abuse or humiliate another teen.” Since Cyber Bullying is a relatively new form of bullying, it doesn’t get as much attention as the physical or verbal form, which is most commonly known. People intend to be able to interact with friends and family over social networks, but occasionally malicious individuals make fun of people, or harass them over the internet. One out of three teens experienced being bullied online as stated in Cyber Bullying Statistics. It is critical because this generation is heavily dependent upon the internet, and loads of people use it now compared to the past. Cyber Bullying on social networks is a worldwide issue affecting many people socially, emotionally, and psychologically and parents can help limit the occurrence.

Many people think it is just about a cat trying to have fun but it is not. It is about the chaos that is going on in the world around them. Dr.Seuss was known to bring situations to life in his stories and that is what he did just here. Not only does this story teach children on how to rebel against their parents and not pay attention to any of the rules it also says that to a point children should listen and have certain traditions with in their family.

Kids learn how to be more understanding, patient and responsible in their actions when they grow up with a pet.

On the other hand, there are some great differences between cats and dogs. The first difference that can be easy to notice is that dogs are pack animal and cats are more of lone. As a pack animal, dogs like a social and gregarious life. They love company; they will never feel bored if one spends a lot of time with them. They do not like being isolated out of community; generally, they like to follow their owner to wherever. In contrast, a cat is a solitary creature, hunting alone. Cat loves to spend lots of time alone, like sleeping in the warm sunlight by itself, solitary wail, and so on.