I Am a Cat
How absurd and contradictory do human beings appear in the eyes of a mere cat?
📝ONGO's Reflection
When I first read this novel, which strips bare the falseness of the human world through the eyes of a nameless cat, I burst into helpless laughter again and again. The cat's monologue, sneering at people who fancy themselves intellectuals yet are steeped in snobbery amid the tide of modernization, is at once endlessly amusing and chilling. Behind his droll style, Soseki has concealed a sharp critical consciousness about human nature. It is an ingenious masterpiece that awakens us to how absurd our grand self-importance can look in the eyes of a mere beast.
"I am a cat. As yet I have no name. I've no idea where I was born."Natsume Soseki, I Am a Cat
"나는 고양이로소이다. 이름은 아직 없다. 어디서 태어났는지 도무지 짐작이 가지 않는다."
🌱Apply It Today
If a problem is weighing on you too seriously, observe it from a distance, from the view of a roadside cat or a third party. A surprisingly light answer may appear.
