A to Z Challenge - ORWELL'S THIRD LAW - C is for Curiosity

CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT
Predictable responses, should
always be avoided.

I'm Blogging from A to Z .

I am posting idioms, proverbs and examples of figurative language in accordance with Orwell's Third Law of sentence construction. ;) 

George Orwell says: 

WHEN WRITING A SENTENCE YOU SHOULD ALWAYS ASK YOURSELF:

1. What am I trying to say?
2. What words will express it?
3. What image or idiom will make it clearer?

Last night, A Game of Thrones season 2 aired in the UK. While I was counting down, I re-read books one and two of the epic saga A Song of Ice and Fire.


From George RR Martin's A GAME OF THRONES


The Red Keep was full of cats: lazy cats dozing in the sun, cold-eyed mousers twitching their tails, quick little kittens with claws like needles, ladies' cats all combed and trusting , ragged shadows prowling the midden heaps. One by one, Arya had chased them down and snatched them up and brought them proudly to Syrio Forel... all but this one, this one-eared black devil of a tomcat. "That's the real king of this castle right there," one of the gold cloaks had told her. "Older than sin and twice as mean."


I loved running through the castle with Arya as she tried to develop the skills that would allow her to sneak up on and to catch that cat.


IMAGERY HAS BEEN DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE SO IT NEEDS TO BE FACTUAL, FRESH OR FUNNY:


The grey cat was gone before the rub of sleeve against coat sparked, static was not his style.


Intent on stealing home, the stray cat slid in and raked Fancy's underbelly with its powerful back legs.


They say that everyone can identify with at least one of the characters in The Song of Ice and Fire. This is one reason why the books are so successful. I identify with Arya, younger daughter of Eddard Stark, the Lord of Winterfell.


WHICH CHARACTER, IN THIS BOOK, OR ANY OTHER, DO YOU IDENTIFY WITH?