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"I am a Cat is set in the Meiji era, Japan, early 1900's. An unwanted lost kitten finds a home in a schoolteacher's house and so begins his observations into the ordinary lives of humans.
This book is written as the cat's thoughts and perspectives on humans, from the schoolteacher's and his family and friends dramas, the lives of the other neighborhood cats, and the way of life in Japan during the upheaval of the Meiji period.
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Brigitte Jocubeit, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1900-1920's
Animal story
Yes
Kind of animal:
- cat
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society)
- Japanese
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- teacher
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- quite fatty
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 ()
Small town?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- mostly dialog
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