Letter to a cat
The short story brings up a very relevant issue of the 90ties the existential problems the conscious human being rights to choose and take responsibility – freedom, the human being as a product contra being a unique individual. Norma asks herself these “questions” to find out what she can and will. The setting is well chosen by the author. The main character Norma lives in a house near the beach called “number 42” it is only a number, which is very impersonal. It is in huge contrast to the picture we get from the surroundings they are very beautiful and idyllic. We see clearly in Nomas behaviour that’s she feels the freedom when she steps out of the door of number 42. Behind her lies a world full of emotional repression, a world were she is being ignored by the persons who should care abort her the most, her husband Daragh and daughter June “On good days, condescension and, on bad days contempt. Most of the time they ignored her” (l. 7-8). She has one real friend a fat one-eyed tabby cat Colonel Blimp who she talks to and asks questions - a very lonely life. She is not allowed to express herself. Daragh and June is acting a bit like fascists, they will not let her talk, give her a chance to say her opinion and she has to obey their commands because she is different probably the reason for the opening line.