Paper instructions:
Please analyze and interpret Margaret Atwood’s short story “Hairball.” What is the story about? Does the main character develop over the course of the story? I.e., is Kat the same person at the end of the story as she is at its beginning? How does she change? What details in the story let us see and understand her changes? Are there any tie-ins to details in the other stories that might help us interpret what is going on in this story? How do you as a reader react to the characters? to Kat? to Gerald? to other characters?