Sufism In The Novel: Cats Eyes

Abstract

Cat’s Eyes is a novel about suffering and endurance, early marriage, spirituality and the sanctuary it provides, and Sufism in particular. It uses certain motifs to depict the psychological suffering of a young girl, caused by her conservative father and unsatisfactory marriage, which persists until she finally reaches a moment of spiritual clarity. This paper focuses primarily on how this novel’s motifs illustrate the revelatory power of Sufism’s unifying worldview.