Different people and animals really can get along

   The most fascinating thing about this graphic novel, The Rabbi's Cat, is that Sfar presents the reader with some brilliant thoughts about how we are all capable of coexisting together.  Sfar shows us several different ways in which this is true.  In the picture above from the book, these two men are talking and although they think that because one is an Arab and the other is a Rabbi they are so very different from one another, it is actually not the case.  The cat and the ass also get into a fight before this picture I have included.  They fight about whether Sfar is a Jewish or an Arab name.  It is actually the case that it is both a Jewish and an Arab name, which is quite ironic in my eyes.  Another way in which Sfar shows the reader that although everyone is different we are really a lot closer to one another than we realize is the kitty and the dog being friends and helping each other out.  The dog is a christian and the cat is a jew, yet they still coexist peacefully.  They talk about their differences just like the Arab and the Rabbi do, and it seems that both of these couples are good friends by the time they depart with one another.

Another thing that I loved about this graphic novel was the artwork.  My favorite part about this artwork in particular was the switch from Africa to Paris.  I absolutely loved how Sfar did not depict the colonial lifestyle as superior to his own.  By the way in which he depicts Paris Sfar shows the reader that he much prefers Africa to this large, loud city.  Sfar and Dangaremba certainly share some similar views about the colonial lifestyle which I find particularly interesting.  I think it is much better to stay true to who you are than to conform to the colonial lifestyle.  From what I can understand in the little African literature that I have read, colonialism strips humans of their identity.  Once colonialism is embedded into someone's mind it appears to be nearly impossible to forget.  Because Sfar does not present the colonial life as better than his native Africa life I enjoy the story a lot more.  I think that this trait about the Rabbi/ Sfar makes him/ them more likable to the reader.