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Theme Of Illusion And Guilt

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The two themes that interacted the most with each other in my opinion are illusion and guilt. He becomes more delusional as the story progresses and more confused. As he realizes what he's doing the guilt sets in and is resolved with more illusion which spirals out of control until eventually it comes to an unfortunate ending. The illusion is that his cat is his enemy. He believes the cat is out to get him and he can't escape it. The cat he once loved is soon something he despises. He becomes abusive to the cat, then feels guilt which is resovled by illusion that his cat is dangerous and he should be out to get it. You can see how these themes are used to interact with each other. It's not neccesarily good but it is an interaction

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