Symbolism in Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass

The background of the work was set in Danzig in Germany between 1939 and 1944. However, the narrator Pirenz, after several years, talked about Maruke and his adolescent. He was already an adult. The purpose of this story written by Prentz is to eliminate guilt and do catharsis. This guilt comes from his high school classmate Marhue who died mainly in the sea at the end of World War II. In line with the novel, the symbolic characters of cats and mice are constantly named.

36 - It may be useful to examine the example to grasp the concept of the main problem. A cat kills a rat and eats it. The mouse is assimilated by the cat and becomes part of the cat. In this assimilation process, something has disappeared and something still exists. When digested by a cat, the mouse is no longer a mouse, its actual shape - its "mouse" has disappeared. However, its main problem still exists. Most importantly, neither cat nor mouse, dead mouse, neither protein nor other chemicals. This is the principle of forming a cat in combination with the physical form of a cat and forming a mouse when combined with an actual shape mouse. It never exists by itself, it coexists with the physical form. What happens to the actual shape of the mouse when the mouse is assimilated into a cat?

"Cats and rats" games are not usually finished ... One day cats are chasing rats, the next day the rats are following the cat. The final result is that nobody is winning ... but they spend a lot of energy on the game. This is different from many companies today. Especially small business. But you do not have to do this ... you can change the game you won ... anytime! Stop the tracking game of "Cat and Mouse", strengthen your business, and put it at the top of the industry ... I repeat. You can choose not to join this game and you can create a game that you can control and always lead your industry.

Participate in the power struggle to fight with cats and rats, tease, to torture, fulfill the role of cats and oppressors, suffer rats and weak, beat opponents, participate in close-up strategies and escape "Cat and Mouse Law" was a nickname of "Prisoner's Bill" in 1913, temporarily released hungry strikers in the beginning of the 20th century and advertised the phrase "cat and rat".