"Cat's Eye"

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This paper examines Margaret Atwood's novel, "Cat's Eye", which tells the story of a middle-aged artist, Elaine Risley, who returns to her hometown of Toronto. It discusses how her childhood memories return, especially the memories of three girls and a series of events that have haunted her throughout her life.It show that by recognizing these memories, Elaine finally comes to terms with her life and finds her own identity. It analyzes how the major theme of the novel is how the events of the past can haunt an individual and impact a life, unless the individual can confront the pain of the past and move forward.

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"This ending to the novel expresses the major theme of the novel, the major theme being that the events of the past can haunt an individual and impact their life, unless the individual can confront the pain of their past and move forward. The reader shares Elaine's journey to confronting her past from start to finish and in doing so, the reader becomes aware of the importance of the theme. One of the major ways this is communicated is related to the way that Elaine has to confront her memories. The middle-aged Elaine returns to her hometown and the reader sees that she has not moved forward from her past. She has a successful career as an artist and she has lived an independent life for over thirty years. However, despite the amount of time that has passed and her successful career, she has never been able to overcome her past."

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