The Rabbi's Cat

In the end of the novel “The Rabbi’s Cat” the Rabbi starts to question the intensity of his faith. The cat then starts to question if his lack of faith is what he really wants. This grabbed me because it shows religion as tradition vs. modernity, which is loss of religion.  At the begging of the graphic novel I thought I was more like the cat. I would consider myself less religious, than more religious, but through the character of the Rabbi, I quickly learned I was really more like the Rabbi and his faith. The Rabbi showed me that religion and faith is not all about technicalities and following the rules set right to a t. The Rabbi taught me that faith and religion is about trusting in what you believe. The Rabbi loves his tradition and his religion, but in the end understands they will still be there, even if he doesn’t completely live his life around them. The cat loves modernity, but believes in tradition, so at least a small amount of religion must be present as well. “The Rabbi’s Cat” showed me the good that can come from questioning faith.

I absolutely love reading graphic novels. The mix of picture and text makes for an interesting read that keeps me entertained all the way till the end. The short about of text with the detailed about of pictures is a strength of a graphic novel. The information is more compact and is not an overabundance of words to sift through to find the true meaning live a novel. A graphic novel is definitely and upgrade from reading a regular novel.