Ernst Hemingway Cat in the rain 
Cat in the rain by Ernst Hemingway, 1925
‘Cat in the rain’ was published in 1925 written by Ernst Hemingway (1899-1961), as a part of the short story collection ‘In Our Time’. The short story is about a man named George and his wife who are vacationing in Italy. When they arrive at the hotel it is raining and the wife spots a cat sitting under a table outside the window. The wife goes downstairs to safe the cat from being wet, and is greeted by the hotelkeeper who reminds her that the weather is awful, and he sends a maid after her with an umbrella. But the American wife looses the cat out of sight. The woman returns to the hotel room feeling sad. She studies herself in the mirror and decides that she wants a bun at the back of her neck, a cat to pet, a table with her own silver and some new clothing. George tells her to be quiet and find a book to read. She says that she still wants a cat. Just then, someone knocks on the door. It is the maid and she has brought up a cat, at the request of the hotel keeper. The story is written is in 1925 and the opening paragraph of the story serves as an exposition; it describes the setting very vividly. It is raining heavily and the bronze from the war monument, which is near the hotel, glistens beautifully in the rain. The image of a war monument creates the mood of the story and contributes to the understanding of the story. The action takes place after the World War I and the main characters belong to the so-called ‘lost generation’. Which they also kind of are. Hemingway describes how on days with good weather there is always an artist with his easel, because the artist likes the way the palms grow and the bright colours of the hotels facing the green gardens and the blue sea. But since it is raining there is no artist sitting with an easel trying to capture the Italian mood in a painting. The rain makes the bronze from the war monument glisten and makes it all kind of magical, but it also makes people and the tourists
‘Cat in the rain’ was published in 1925 written by Ernst Hemingway (1899-1961), as a part of the short story collection ‘In Our Time’. The short story is about a man named George and his wife who are vacationing in Italy. When they arrive at the hotel it is raining and the wife spots a cat sitting under a table outside the window. The wife goes downstairs to safe the cat from being wet, and is greeted by the hotelkeeper who reminds her that the weather is awful, and he sends a maid after her with an umbrella. But the American wife looses the cat out of sight. The woman returns to the hotel room feeling sad. She studies herself in the mirror and decides that she wants a bun at the back of her neck, a cat to pet, a table with her own silver and some new clothing. George tells her to be quiet and find a book to read. She says that she still wants a cat. Just then, someone knocks on the door. It is the maid and she has brought up a cat, at the request of the hotel keeper. The story is written is in 1925 and the opening paragraph of the story serves as an exposition; it describes the setting very vividly. It is raining heavily and the bronze from the war monument, which is near the hotel, glistens beautifully in the rain. The image of a war monument creates the mood of the story and contributes to the understanding of the story. The action takes place after the World War I and the main characters belong to the so-called ‘lost generation’. Which they also kind of are. Hemingway describes how on days with good weather there is always an artist with his easel, because the artist likes the way the palms grow and the bright colours of the hotels facing the green gardens and the blue sea. But since it is raining there is no artist sitting with an easel trying to capture the Italian mood in a painting. The rain makes the bronze from the war monument glisten and makes it all kind of magical, but it also makes people and the tourists