Objectives of the Study
especially in the middle-class society. He regards himself to be higher than his master and gives no respect to his master who is a school teacher. The observation of the
feline hero is along the everyday life of his master ’s both activities and his interactions
with his family members and his acquaintances. According to Jesse Freeman in his review in imnothinginparticular.tumblr.com:
Satire is the overriding concept for this novel. The title I am a Cat in Japanese, Wagahai wa neko de aru, is very formal in its self importance yet
comes off ironic because it is coming from a cat. From there the novel`s humour comes from the sheer stupidity of the cat`s owner and friends, most of who all
belong to the more conventional academia society. This reveals a number of the
novel’s points, but more than anything; Soseki’s own disdain for the established academia. This was a bit of a reoccurring theme for Soseki as academia was the
primary target in his novel a year before in Botchan. How much this has to do with
his western
schooling and
often spoke
of resentment
and frustration toward Japanese academia’s western leaning inclination isn’t
easy to say. For certain though, throughout the novel the target was intended to be the businessmen of the Meiji society, especially when taken from the
character’s point of view, however we only see all the shortcoming of the main characters who represent all facets of academia.
From the statement above, it can be seen that in the Meiji era schooling system is already westernized. The novel reveals some points that pointed out about the
established academia society in Meiji era of Japan as this society becomes the primary target of Soseki Natsume. Even though the novel was intended for businessmen of
Meiji era, the scholars also take important roles in this story especially because one of the points this novel talks about intellectuals in this particular era.
In relation to the above studies, the writer tries to relate these studies with the problem that are being analyzed. The studies above can give the readers some ideas
about this novel. The first review gives a glimpse about the historical significance that is have a deep bond with this novel, while the second one tells about how this novel
has some important points that pointed to the world of intellectuals and also businessmen from the interaction of Mr. Sneaze. With the studies included above as
reference, the writer here wants to see the intellectuals in the Meiji era through the character of Avalon Coldmoon as the role model in this story.