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English Book Club Analysis
Book: The Cat’s Table
Role: Book Leader
Goal, finding import quotes and to establish essay prompts
The second quarter of the novel starts off in the section of the afternoons where the
protagonist explains that Cassius is expert at chewing betel leaves and Mr
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Then the boys realized that 2 member from their “cat’s table”, Mr
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Next, Michael meets
someone who manipulates him into getting in the Captain’s room to open the door so that the
person can steal all valuables, but he gets caught and Michael is never suspected of helping
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After getting caught for sneaking into the
Promenade Deck, they blamed that they were abducted and they made lots of excuses to prevent
any troubles, which worked
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Later on, it is suspected that Sir Hector, the man with rabies, was
killed by a dog, thus firing Mr
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Michael knows that
his friend Ramadhin, whom got a dog from a town without permission, lost his dog in the ship
and his dog may be the victim, therefore Michael feels guilt for not saying anything
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Essay Prompt 1: Analyze how the journey, whether literal or figurative is employed to shape
and/or reveal the protagonist’s character in a work studied in this course
Note: The following also works: With reference to a work studied in this course, assess to what
extent setting shapes or influences a central character
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This is also partly because of the absence of high-flown shifts in time, points of
view, rhetoric and other ambitious literary complexities
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The
scenes in the cruise ship, the towns they stop into, and the scenes of his older self, reveal and
develop a lot about Michael’s, the central character, character traits
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“There is a story, always ahead of you
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Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and
feed it
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You will find in this way the
path of your life
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It is only from such a height that
you see the great choreography and danger of storms
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The first quote can be greatly used if
one argues that a character is developed in a journey with others
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He is easily manipulated into believing something, but this increasing his knowledge
once realizing the truth
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However by doing so, he’s character trait is
shaped into more of advanced intellect child
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Michael and other people, mainly the boys, in the cat’s table are not well known by others because of
their social class within the ship
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The protagonist’s journey allows him to understand how situations reveal themselves and
whom is actually in more joyful/stressful during these events
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In the second quarter of the story, Michael
faces a lot of conflicts with storms and he has to deal with them
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These conflicts
build his character and allows him to understand how situations are dealt with
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Michael almost drowned once because of these storms in his journey
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Once the storm proves to be a big deal, he has no choice but to fight to stay alive, i
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don’t drown or get
pulled by the currents
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Prompt 2: To what extent do relationships contribute to the central characters?

Note: The following also works: Evaluate the role of family in a character’s success or
failure in a work studied in this course
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But even these relatives don’t communicate
with him much
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Instead he hangs
around with his two new friends and cares much about them
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Furthermore, the kid is starting to find interest into other
people, especially with Emily
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“Every immigrant family, it seems, has someone who does not belong in the new country they have come
to
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I’ve met many who remain haunted by the persistent ghost of an earlier place
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” page 96
“ Sleep is a prison for a boy who has friends to meet” page 70
“She had a laugh that hinted it had rolled around once or twice in the mud
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In the Red sea, i must have fallen in love with her
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These quotes are very significant however
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As the third quote suggests, he spends all his time with them and they made a bond with
one another
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He’s actions are based on
group decisions and it allows him to feel involved with the society
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However, as the story progresses,
his relationship with her increases
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The fourth
and fifth quotes are proof of this
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When a Man wanted to get Emilie’s attention, he asked Michael about her and Michael lied to him
about the information he knew about her
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This shows that Michael, even at a young age is willing to protect the ones
he loves and he isn’t even afraid of the consequences
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Then they visit the city to resupply and this gave lots of joy to the
boys because now they could finally move around in large space
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History
Since its establishment Port Said played a significant role in Egyptian history
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In 1936 a treaty was signed between
the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Egypt called the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936
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Following World War II, Egypt denounced the Treaty of 1936, leading to
skirmishes with British troops guarding the Canal in 1951
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Then later, President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised the
Suez Canal Company
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The
main battles occurred in Port Said, which played a historic role in the Suez Crisis
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Since then, this day was chosen as Port
Said's national day
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The French-speaking European
community had begun to emigrate to Europe, Australia, South Africa and elsewhere in 1946 and most of
the remainder left Egypt in the wake of the Suez Crisis, paralleling the contemporary exodus of Frenchspeaking Europeans from Tunisia
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The city was established in 1859 during the building of the Suez Canal
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January and
February are the coolest months while the hottest are July and August
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Many woman will refrain from physical contact with man outside their family
When speaking of a name, it's important to address their title followed by the surname
Famous sport in Port Said is the camel back ride and football (soccer)
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The political and
social movements which were influenced by foreign cultures allowed Egypt to be a power country in the middle
East/ Asia
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Furthermore, this is the time just before the Suez canal crisis occurred
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Who ever had control over it, basically controls what ever trade happens
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Furthermore, Port Said
had cultural conflicts and little political violence before the suez canal crisis occurred
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Port Said evolved to become a
very famous touring site and the Oronsay was just another tourist at that moment
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Even though they
stayed for a short while, I believe that the author choose to mention this in order to compare it to Sri Lanka and
show how Michael felt about it
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” Pg 156
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Since this novel is a mix between an autobiography and fiction, because the author has the same
name as the protagonist and he's referring it to his own events, it was probably the first time that the author himself
experienced such an event
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So being in Port Said was significant to
him because he and his friends can wonder around and amuse themselves with new discoveries
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In The Cat’s Table, Michael Ondaatje has shown many aspects of his writing style in the last
quarter of the book as he did through the rest:
Mode of discourse:
Michael Ondaatje type of writing is: fictional autobiography
The very first part of the novel is the only part where the author tells the story in 3 person
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The novel is about the adventure of a boy named Michael who is also the author
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This kind of structure
created more suspense that can keep the readers interested
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The author focuses the last sections of the novel for the actual conflict and resolution
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Tone:
The author wrote most of the story in a relaxing tone because they were his flashback to precious
memories to when he was a child, however, the tone in this section is more serious and there is a lot of
atmosphere
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Mood:
- The author sets a gloomy and dreadful mood by giving miserable stats about himself
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He has done this throughout the novel, however it
focused a bit more toward the events in the ship
Level of language: colloquial and plain (everyday vocabulary)
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Example: “As I was sweeping my arms, he came closer and began enclosing his
hand at me” (Quote #2 to use in discussion)
The author also uses periodic sentences in order to give the reader a sense of time and use this in
order to determine important scenes in the book towards the end of Michael's journey
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These paragraphs are used go in depths with characters and to also give the reader a final
perspective toward these characters
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Normally, the author can tell a coherent story with continuous
situations which are relevant to each other, but here Michael Ondaatje choose to break the traditional way
by sequencing these situations so that they are not continuous and so that they don't only apply to a set of
main characters
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However, the way the author is using this helps to create
foresight into each character's role
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For
example, in the past Michael was always intrigued to try new things and to help others and he would
never be afraid or think of the consequences
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This help to create more suspense
in the novel itself and more excitement for the reader
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Through the style of the author in the certain quarters of
the novel, readers can feel more interested when they read because as the story develops we are exposed
to new sides of the characters which can greatly change our views and opinion compared to when we first
read the novel
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These indicates
two things
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Secondly, because other sections of the
novel had no real conflict and didn’t seem to follow a story trend, the author was forced to use create an
interesting conclusion and used many quotation to keep the reader intrigued into reading
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