The Rabbi’s Cat, was an interesting comic book about questioning faith, modernity and tradition. I thought it was funny that the cat gained the ability to speak after eating the parrot. After gaining the ability to speak he began to question the Rabbi about his beliefs and faith. The Rabbi and the cat were not always able to get along because of the questioning he did to the Rabbi but they were able to come to the conclusion that the cat was sincere to the Rabbi and tried to help him. The Rabbi had to take an exam in order to continue being the Rabbi and the cat, although he questioned the Rabbi about his beliefs and faith, was there to help him.
The author did a fantastic job of drawing the cat differently when he was feeling different emotions. I do not believe that there are many comic books that have a cat as one of the main characters. It was unique in the way that when the cat was talking to himself, the author put it in cursive and when he was speaking out loud it was not. There was humor and seriousness throughout this book. It was funny to me that the animal was trying to understand ways of humans and had a difficult time doing so.
The cat in some ways represents us in this class at this time. We are trying to gain an understanding of other cultures and how they arrived in the positions that they sit today. At times we question the information that we are reading because not all of the obstacles that these other countries had to go through were a part of American history. We get to look at the traditions of these countries and how they worked through becoming more modern or how they are balancing the two.
