The Catbird Seat | Thurber’s "The Catbird Seat"
In the following essay, Underwood examinessome of the deeper devices Thurber employs in
the story.
Critics of James Thurber’s ‘‘The Catbird Seat’’ invariably refer to his humorous tone, his control of language, and his effective characterization in this tight-plotting short story. But this is not all, one needs to dig deeper to unearth what devices Thurber uses to make this story the success it is. One device in particular has been overlooked by critics. A biologist would not have been so negligent: he would have looked at the catbird’s seat and would have seen an instant correlation to the events and characters in Thurber’s story.
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