The Cat In The Rain
Beginning of paper
In the short story the "" by Ernest Hemingway, the cat is a symbol around which the story revolves. As a central symbol, the cat reveals the psychological state and emotional desires of the American wife.
When the cat is first observed it is "crouched under one of the dripping gree ....
Middle of paper
.... "It isn’t any fun to be a poor kitty out in the rain."(57) Before she even has a chance to step into the rain, the hotel keeper has sent out the maid with an umbrella to shield her from getting wet, showing the reader he cares. As she walks with the maid holding the umbrella over them, she is suddenly disappointed to see the cat is gone. When the maid finds out what she was looking for she laughs. The wife is not at all amused, "Oh I wanted it so much. I wanted a kitty.&qu ....
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Word count: 640
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
