Assignment 6 - Daniel Brewer

PROMPT NUMBER ONE

If you saw a stray cat in your yard would you feed it or tell it to go away?

PROMPT NUMBER TWO

If you could go anywhere in the world for only a day, where would you go and why?

PROMPT NUMBER THREE

If you could turn into any animal for a week, which animal would you choose and why?

If I saw a cat in my yard, I would probably pester my parents to at least keep some cat food in the garage and let it stay in the general area of the house. But How do you know if he is  abandoned, lost, or just out for an afternoon walk around the neighborhood?  Should I feed him? Or will that make him want to stick around?  What if he isn’t a he, and has kittens?  What if he is sick? Can I even legally give medical care to someone else’s cat?  Is he really their property, or in their care? These are all questions I don’t know the answer to yet.

Some people are cat people and some people are not. I think I am a cat person.  I say think because I don’t have a cat, because my dad is severely allergic to cats -- this means I cannot have a cat or be in proximity to cat for very long.  But when I visit the shelter or play with the neighbors cat, I like it… and I think they like me.  

I think the way people treat animals says a lot about their personality.  If people are nice to animals (cats, dogs, and others) they will probably be nice to other humans as well. Inversely, if people are mean to animals, they will probably be abusive in nature to other humans.  I think there is old saying that goes something like “people look like their dogs”.  I wonder that is true for cat owners?