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Ming's Biggest Prey And Sredni Vashtar

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Hatred and revenge are two common themes found in many stories. The stories Ming’s Biggest Prey and Sredni Vashtar also share the themes of hatred and revenge. They can portray these strong feelings through techniques such as the narrator’s viewpoint, imagery, and symbolism. While the imagery is found more in Ming’s Biggest Prey and symbolism is prominent in Sredni Vashtar, the narrator's viewpoint is a main technique in both. Patricia Highsmith and Hugo Hector Munroe use the Narrator's Viewpoints, imagery, and symbolism to vividly portray hatred and revenge in Ming's Biggest Prey and Sredni Vashtar. Hector Hugo Monroe uses symbolism in the story Sredni Vashtar to powerfully portray feelings of hatred and revenge. In the story, Sredni Vashatar, …show more content…

This story is from the point of view of a cat, Ming, who lives with his owner Elaine and her boyfriend Teddie. Further, into the story, we learn that Teddie has a hatred for Ming. Teddie, multiple times, tries to do away with the cat. However, before the second time, we learn that Teddie has been stealing jewelry from Elaine. While Elaine is in the other room Teddie swipes a pearl necklace. After this Teddie tries to throw Ming off the balcony but ends up falling instead. Teddie dies and is found with the necklace in his pocket. The symbolism is the pearl necklace, it represents love. Multiple times Teddie tries to kill Ming for taking away his love from Elaine, Teddie does not want to share with a measly cat. When he gets close to taking Ming away from Elaine, stealing her necklace, and her love, he gets instant karma. The necklace is brought back to Elaine, who immediately runs to Ming. Symbolizing bringing her love back. “Ming watched her slowly open the box on her dressing table, and into it, she let fall the white necklace that made a little clatter….stroked Ming’s head…Ming recognized the tones of love.”(Ming’s Biggest Prey page …show more content…

Conradin worshiped the ferret, Sredni Vashtar. He created a temple and he even prayed to him. Mrs. De Ropp feels that Conradin is spending far too much time in the shed that contains a chicken and the shrine of Sredni Vashatr. She inspects it herself and finds the locked hutch that contains the mini-god, angry that Conradin has secrets she sells the chicken. “It is not good for him to be pottering down there in all weathers.’she promptly decided, and at breakfast the next morning she announced that the Houdan had been sold and taken away overnight.” Mrs. De Ropp questions Conradin about what is in the locked hutch but he doesn't give her a good answer, so she explores it herself, only to be met with death. The imagery in this paragraph is vivid and full of details. “And in the sting and misery of his defeat, he began to chant loudly and defiantly the hymn of his threatened idol: Sredni Vashatr went forth, His thoughts were red thoughts and his teeth were white, His enemies called for peace but he brought them death. Sredni Vashatr the beautiful….And presently his eyes were rewarded: out through that doorway came a long, low, yellow-and-brown beast… and dark wet stains around the fur of jaws and throat.” (Sredni Vashtar page

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