Significant Quotes from Cat's Eye

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Pg 155-6 “I keep my cat’s eye in my pocket, where I can hold onto it.” – The author starts the paragraph with this statement, this shows that Elaine is infatuated, and reliant on the cat’s eye marble that she believes that “with the help of its power” she can “retreat back into my [her] eyes.” In this passage Elaine goes through two stages, one where she wants to stand up for herself, and the other where she feels ashamed of “being a sissy.” Elaine considers suicide but is too scared. 192-3 In this passage Elaine sticks up for herself, when Cordelia and Carol confront her and speak to her rudely, Elaine’s voice is “flat, calm, reasonable.” Elaine is used to the torment that they put her through and no longer is willing to let them control her. 418-419 In this passage it is almost like Elaine lets go of her terrible memories that she has held onto for so long with Cordelia. When she says, “you can go home now,” and as “the snow in my [her] eyes withdraws like smoke,” symbolises how the ‘snow’ was holding her back from letting go, but it withdraws like smoke, she is able to see through and isn’t blinded anymore, by Cordelia. When Elaine mentions that she is getting cold, this may symbolise her feeling alone and emotionless, as she later describes. The cat’s eye marble enables Elaine to confront the events of her past and herself. I don’t think that Elaine will be able to move on because she has already spent most of her life dwelling on the past and it would be hard for her to suddenly break the
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