How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Just the fact that it was a cage made it horrible. I, who had always run where I wanted, could go three hops forward […] and that was all. But worse was the dreadful feeling […] that we were at the mercy of someone we knew not at all, for some purpose we could not guess." (15.44)
In a way, the cage is only a symptom of a bigger problem for the rats. Sure there are bars, but what causes them the most pain is the memories of freedom and the fact that they don't understand what the meaning of it all is.