Question

When joe's roommate asks if he could bring his cat home after the winter holidays, joe remembers how his aunt's house smelled like a soiled litter box and that there was cat hair all over the furniture. joe feels a great sense of reluctance. his response is related to what kind of meaning for cat?

Answer 1

Joe has bad memories about cats due to past experiences. His response has nothing to do with the particular cat in question, but rather a total experience because of a cat and the environment it lived in.