Monday, February 24, 2014

Catgut


                Catgut by Anna Gavalda is really interesting. Through that text, there are a lot of things that catch my attention.

                In summary, the story talks about a veterinarian who worked in an a small city where people don’t really trust a woman who’s taking care of their animal. If they bring their animal in,they have to wait and see what she is doing. Unlucky for her, a night a customer called her to come taking car of his animal who was sick. Once she got there, there wasn't any problem with the person's animal. They were drunk and the only thing they wanted is to abuse her. The doctor in her turn take revenge of what they had done to her. 
               
               In think anger and emotion make Dr. Lejaret to take revenge from the people who hurt her. Because not only people don't trust her to take care their animal but also they are not paying her well after she worked really hard for them. Now does what she did to the three men right after they raped her? No, for me the men and the Doctor shouldn't do a such of thing. But in my opinion, i think Dr Lejaret takes her one justice because it might be the only way she could get justice from these men. Waiting on someone else or a judge to give justice might take too long or she might not get it. So, because the men were drunk and harmless, she took the advantage to take out the testicles of one and graft the balls below the Adam’s apple of the other one. 
               At the end i think the doctor kind of feeling bad for what she did because it was really wrong. But she was not afraid to pay the consequence of what she had done. All she did is asked to her neighbor to take care of her pets and waiting for the police car.The last sentence actually catches my attention "I only hope that they won’t turn on the siren." I think she only fear that they don't put on the siren after she got arrested. Maybe she thinks that is a shamed for her as a doctor who have done a terrible action.       
    
                

2 comments:

  1. I agree with you one how you think anger took over her and makes her want revenge on the two who raped her. She is in a tough situation and wants to hurt them like they hurt her. I really like your post about this story. You made good interpretations of the text and thoughtful responses.

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  2. It is true that anger and emotion took the best out of her. But thinking about the story, anybody would react the same way knowing that they drunk and harmless. I salute her courage for what she did. However, I disagree with you where you say that she kind of feeling bad for what she did because it was wrong. I feel like at the end, she was really proud of the fact that she took revenge right away and not wait for anyone to give her justice. But you had some really good points about the story and good elaborations.

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