Eva Inside Her Cat

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's short story called "Eva is Inside Her Cat" is a mentally stimulating piece of literary work. Marquez uses mystique, confusion, and a sense of irony to capitalize on the reader's emotions, without ever really capitalizing in a way that is direct, obvious, or blunt. To capitalize (the climax of the story), Marquez completes Eva's mental deterioration in a surprisingly more confusing manner than the precursors to the conclusion. The entire story is about Eva's mental instability in a world that expects so much of her, but her instability is not fully recognized until the reader realizes exactly how insane Eva was. The end should not come as a surprise to the reader. But Marquez's sheer confusion at the end of the story is so much more complicated than the events that lead up to the conclusion. The reader feels as if he/she should be confused throughout the entire story, but the events in the story are relatively comprehendable compared to the undoubtedly incomprehensible ending. The irony in this lies in the fact that the reader is confused about being confused about the story. Wow.