Cat in the Rain - Woman the Inequality
I. INTRODUCTION
A. THESIS STATEMENT
The author’s expression about the isolated life of the wife provides much more understanding about rights of women in the society in that time are not respected. It has been expressed by the desire of the wife, and the husband just ignored her.
B. OBJECTIVES
In this paper I will go through this work and analyze the isolated life of the wife to understand that rights of women in that time are not respected and the marital problem of the American couple.
C. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
(1) What are the theme and context of the story?
(2) What is the background of the society in the work “Cat in the rain”?
(3) What in the work “Cat in the rain” can show the reader the inequality of rights of women? II. BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH
A. METHOD OF STUDY
In this research paper, the main method of study used is library research with the textbook of this subject, the sources from the internet include comments, essays, analyze and the quotations.
B. LITERATURE REVIEW
Darren Felty mentioned in “Spatial Confinement in Hemingway’s ‘Cat in the Rain’ ” (1997; page 363-369) that:
“Many details in Ernest Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain” suggest the isolation and oppression that George’s wife experiences as she remains confined at the hotel. George and his wife are the “only two Americans stopping at the hotel,” and they do “not know any of the people they passed on the stairs on their way to and from their room,” suggesting the characters' alienation because of their lack of contact with others. The heavy rain seems to restrict the couple to the hotel room, adding to the sense of isolation and confinement. While George silently reads, his wife “stood at the widow looking out," perhaps longing for some type of escape. The view from the window adds to her sense of isolation. “In the good weather there was always an artist with his easel,” the narrator says, but because of the rain, the artist is absent, and “the motor cars were gone from the
A. THESIS STATEMENT
The author’s expression about the isolated life of the wife provides much more understanding about rights of women in the society in that time are not respected. It has been expressed by the desire of the wife, and the husband just ignored her.
B. OBJECTIVES
In this paper I will go through this work and analyze the isolated life of the wife to understand that rights of women in that time are not respected and the marital problem of the American couple.
C. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
(1) What are the theme and context of the story?
(2) What is the background of the society in the work “Cat in the rain”?
(3) What in the work “Cat in the rain” can show the reader the inequality of rights of women? II. BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH
A. METHOD OF STUDY
In this research paper, the main method of study used is library research with the textbook of this subject, the sources from the internet include comments, essays, analyze and the quotations.
B. LITERATURE REVIEW
Darren Felty mentioned in “Spatial Confinement in Hemingway’s ‘Cat in the Rain’ ” (1997; page 363-369) that:
“Many details in Ernest Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain” suggest the isolation and oppression that George’s wife experiences as she remains confined at the hotel. George and his wife are the “only two Americans stopping at the hotel,” and they do “not know any of the people they passed on the stairs on their way to and from their room,” suggesting the characters' alienation because of their lack of contact with others. The heavy rain seems to restrict the couple to the hotel room, adding to the sense of isolation and confinement. While George silently reads, his wife “stood at the widow looking out," perhaps longing for some type of escape. The view from the window adds to her sense of isolation. “In the good weather there was always an artist with his easel,” the narrator says, but because of the rain, the artist is absent, and “the motor cars were gone from the