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Through the Eyes of a Cat Open in new Window. [E]
Our family cat always acted as if he was better than us. Maybe he was.
by D.K.D. Author Icon
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Greetings and welcome to writing.com!

This was a fun, enjoyable and all too relatable episode of sleep apnea from the cat’s perspective. Oh, the noise! I don’t have issues with it myself, but to be near someone else who does is stressful indeed. You’ve captured the essence of a cat’s personality quite well, with the implications of the situation amusingly laid out for us. To have one’s overweight life saved by a hungry yet supercilious cat is funny. I held my breath nervously as the cat debated the issue and sighed with relief when it went ahead and woke him up.

I especially like the ominous and thought provoking ending sentence… as a music lover, I was considering the definition of a god in the context of the Imagine Dragons song Gods Don’t Pray recently, and I came up with the definition of “a god is one who holds the power of life and death in their hands.” To have someone else confirm this definition is satisfying.

Some formatting advice here: if you need further help you can click on the question mark in the line of boxes over the text entry box. I always recommend using Size 4 Verdana font for an open and engaging reading experience. A word count is also a good idea if you would be interested to enter this into contests such as "Senior Center Forum" Open in new Window. or "Fox's Socks Newbie Short Story Contest" Open in new Window..

I really enjoyed this story and found it fun and interesting to see both characters so clearly from the cat’s PoV.

I’ve been thinking a lot about writing in nonhuman PoV’s lately, and in fact I have a story I’m submitting to "Rhythms & Writing: Official WDC Contest" Open in new Window. which is “written by” a Dodge Charger… "Silent Witness" Open in new Window. The issue was posited to me in a review, of how much “emotion” would a car be capable of, or how would a young car know what a tree or billboards are… I’m of the opinion that since we don’t really know anyway, we are allowed to take a more “poetic” perspective than one might expect, and I like how you’ve taken this approach in your story (does a cat really have an awareness of what a “god” is, for example?) Any thoughts are appreciated! (I apologize for the shameless plug *Laugh*)

Take care, thanks for sharing and keep writing *Smile* *HeartT*


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