Indledning
Ernest Hemingway’s story “Cat in the Rain” is a short story which depicts the relationship between an American couple which was affected by the consequences of the war period and they continued their existence facing the problem of misunderstanding and loneliness in a marriage.
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Uddrag
The write could emphasize the faintness of this cat to overcome the situation, the rain. It is unclear why the writer chose the cat.
His choice might be commented that possibly he could compare the cat with the baby for whom the wife may want to devote her time and attention.
The “cat” might have been the symbol of the wife’s loneliness caused by the fact that her husband was incapable to understand her feelings.
In other words, she probably needed more attention and compassion from the part of her husband.
The story has a precise setting and namely in a hotel “There were only two Americans stopping at the hotel”.
The action took place in Italy because the hotelkeeper, the maid spoke Italian language.
Because the room was situated on the second floor the couple had the opportunity to have a good panorama from their room.
There was a public garden near the hotel and the war monument. The garden comprised big palm trees which beatify the garden.
It was a rainy day, and the square was empty. No one was outside except a waiter who stood in the café which was placed across the square.
The writer pointed these settings directly, however he mentioned more than two times the war monument. In this way, the writer drove the attention, in an indirectly way, to the fact that the action took place after the war.
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