Brittany Riley
Writing 101
Ingersoll
21 September 2015
Animal Comparison
Comparison to a Cat
Cats are a small mammal that is regularly domesticated to be a house pet. They are an animal with a short snout and retractile claws. Cats are similar to myself in my physical characteristics, my social habits and in my literary-related behaviors. The type of cat I am most similar to is the short-haired sable Burmese.
The Burmese cat is very similar to me in many physical attributes. A Burmese is brown to black in color also known as “sable” coloring. My hair is brown and darker in color as well. Like a Burmese my hair is silky because it is not frizzy or of a rough texture, like a Burmese’s soft, silky coat. The Burmese is a very muscular and stocky
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cat. You can tell because their muscles are very visible as they walk, play, hunt, or move in general. Similarly, I am very muscular because if ten years of classical ballet training. Ballet has built my calf, thigh, bicep, shoulder, hamstring, and core muscles over the years, making me very muscular. Being half Korean, I am also naturally stocky which is comparable to the Burmese. Being a dancer has also altered my hearing to pieces of music. I listen for intricate beats and more complex rhythms that most others would not tend to listen for. In this way a cat also listens for higher sounds and frequencies that humans are incapable to hear. Unlike humans, cats have forty eight to fifty three vertebrae, allowing them to have more back movement and be more flexible. I myself (being a human) only have 33 vertebrae in my back allowing less room for movement. However, being in dance classes 5 days a week, allows me to work on flexibility. So in that sense, me being flexible is comparable to a cat’s flexibility. Cats are very vocal creatures, especially the Burmese. The Burmese is a very vocal cat and is very opinionated. I am a very vocal person and I come from a family who likes to talk a lot. I speak up in most discussions with friends and in the classroom, and very rarely do I not speak up. Burmese could be called the “Chatty Cathy” of the cat world and likewise, my friends would agree I am one of the chattiest in my friend group. In cats from literature, I compare myself to the Cheshire Cat from the story “Alice in Wonderland”.
The Cheshire Cat is very intelligent and likes to puzzle Alice with riddles and questions. I as in comparison to the cat, like to be very puzzling when I speak to friends occasionally. The other Cat from literature I see myself comparable to is “The Cat in the Hat”. The Cat in the Hat is very inventive with his fun, games and loves the kids he plays alongside with. When I work with little ones, I like to be very creative with my imagination and tell the little ones where we are traveling while moving through the room. You have to keep their imaginations going in dance class so they are happy, enjoy being there, and keep dancing on to the beat of the movement. Whether it is going shopping at the boutique on fancy street, or flying like a butterfly in a sunflower field you have to keep creative juices flowing. Commensurable to the Cat in the Hat, I also love kids. I have seven younger cousins between the age of eight to eight months. I see them on a regular basis and love to play with them. I also help teach dance classes at my studio and enjoy being with young kids and shaping their minds through movement. I love being surrounded by their energy, fun and love for other people. I also relate to them because I know I truly am a child at
heart. Cats are small carnivorous animals that have been domesticated into one of today’s common house pets. They are strong, flexible, chatty, intellectual,and loving. In these ways, cats are similar to myself in my physical characteristics, my social habits and in my literary-related behaviors. These are ways I am commensurable to a cat. Citations "Burmese." Animal Planet Burmese Comments. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. . "Burmese Cat." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. . "Cat." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. . "Cat Behavior." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. . "Cats in Ancient Egypt." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. . "Google." Google. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. . "Google." Google. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. . "Google." Google. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. . "How Many Vertebrae Do Cats Have?" Pets. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. . "I Found Great Synonyms for "commensurable" on the New Thesaurus.com!" Www.thesaurus.com. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. . "Welcome to the Temple of Bastet." Cats in Ancient Egypt. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. .
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