Patito de Hule
02-17-2012, 04:34 PM
I wonder if anyone understands the significance of that title, "A Cat in a Strange Garrett"?
I am reading A Fool's Errand: by one of the Fools by Albion Tourgee. The novel is loosely based on the life of the author who, after the civil war, moved to Greenville, NC, looking for a warmer climate for his health. He was a farmer and lawyer, but became a superior court judge for several years.
In Chapter XI of the novel, Colonel Servosse, the Fool, has just settled into Warrington, a plantation in the South where he had been in the war. Attending a political meeting he is imposed upon, rather rudely, to make a speech. The title of the Chapter is A Cat in a Strange Garrett.
To use a different simile, he obviously is a fish out of the water in this chapter, but I wonder if there is any significance to the metaphor used by the author. Thoughts, anyone?
I am reading A Fool's Errand: by one of the Fools by Albion Tourgee. The novel is loosely based on the life of the author who, after the civil war, moved to Greenville, NC, looking for a warmer climate for his health. He was a farmer and lawyer, but became a superior court judge for several years.
In Chapter XI of the novel, Colonel Servosse, the Fool, has just settled into Warrington, a plantation in the South where he had been in the war. Attending a political meeting he is imposed upon, rather rudely, to make a speech. The title of the Chapter is A Cat in a Strange Garrett.
To use a different simile, he obviously is a fish out of the water in this chapter, but I wonder if there is any significance to the metaphor used by the author. Thoughts, anyone?