When joe's roommate asks if he could bring his cat home after the winter holidays, joe remembers how his aunt's house smelled like a soiled litter box and that there was cat hair all over the furniture. joe feels a great sense of reluctance. his response is related to what kind of meaning for cat?
Joe has bad memories about cats due to past experiences. His response has nothing to do with the particular cat in question, but rather a total experience because of a cat and the environment it lived in.
