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CHARACTERS

Critical analysis of the characters provides an opportunity to get to know
more about the characters and provides reasoning to the traits they

exhibit in the story.
• Character sketches

The Artist - The Cat Who Went to Heaven

The Artist from e Cat Who Went to Heaven brings him good luck when a miracle occurs
is a very intriguing character. He is portrayed which causes the priests to change their minds
as someone who had some very interesting and accept the painting with the cat in it.
attributes. One of those is persistence. Persistence
is the quality that allows someone to continue Th e artist was very compassionate as he imagined
doing something or trying to do something even how the little cat felt because though the cat was

though it is difficult or opposed by other people. so gentle, so sweet, it was cursed forever. All the
Even though the artist was poor and didn’t have other animals might receive the Buddha’s blessing
much and needed money he took his time to be and go to heaven, but the little cat heard the doors
in Buddha’s shoes just so he could improve and of Nirvana closed before her. Tears came to his
perfect his skills and make the drawing more eyes…He took up his best brush, dipped it in
realistic. spring water, touched it with ink, and last of all
the animals he drew a cat.
The other quality that the artist had was patience. by Aanvi Shrestha

Patience is the quality of calm endurance.The

artist stayed patient and meditated and imagined
he was buddha so his painting would look more
realistic.

When the housekeeper took in a stray cat whom
they named “Good Fortune.” Despite the artist’s
feeling that cats are unlucky (it was the only
animal to refuse to honor Buddha and is denied

an afterlife), his kind nature wins out, and, to his
surprise, his luck changes. He is commissioned
by the local priests to create for the temple a
painting depicting the death of Buddha.

The artist was also very passionate. Most of us
know about artistic passion—it’s what motivates
us to create. The artist paints good fortune(the

cat) in the painting of Buddha even though he is
told not to by the priest. His love for the animal
that had been a friend to him is more important
than the money. In the end, Good Fortune still

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