IMAGERY the Cat in the Rain

When we start r eading, we don‟t know anything, the author must create a background for us, in front of which

he wants to place his characters, he must create a mood, too, and put us on the right track. We learn only in l. 7 that the hotel is in Italy, but that the Americans must stay somewhere abroad is obvious because of their being called „Americans‟ which wouldn‟t make sense if they travelled in their own country. They are alone, „.only two Americans‟, they don‟t know any of the other guests (l. 1). They are isolated in their room because of the rain, from the room an „empty square‟ can be seen (l. 13) The war monument (destruction/death) (l. 8) adds to the negative

mood. It‟s true that the rain is responsible for the fact that the two people have to stay in their room, but it hasn‟t got a negative connotation, on the contrary. Now we‟re going to count all the words

which have to do with rain/water up to l. 16. There are ten, 5 times t imes rain/raining, 1 sea, 1 water. 1 pool, 2 dripping/dripped. In such a short text it‟s significant when a word or term is repeated. Together with public garden (2), palm trees (3), the garden (1) th e rain/water becomes symbolic. We can subsume the above mentioned words under the headline „nature‟ and ask:

What does rain mean for nature? The answer is: Fertility! In l. 14 we learn that the two Americans are a couple, up to the encounter with the hotel owner the word „wife‟ is mentioned three times, „husband‟ twice, thus stressing the fact that they are married. When the woman passes the hotel owner to fetch the cat, he gets up and bows, an action which stands in sharp contrast to the way in which the husband behaves: „her husband offered from the bed‟ (l. 18) and „lying...at the foot of the bed‟ (l. 21). Th e woman „likes‟  the hotel owner, all in all the word „liked‟ is used eight times . The man is old (twice), by pointing this out it becomes

clear that the woman is young, he treats her with respect and tries to console her when he notices that she has a problem, even if he doesn‟t understand it . For the moment let that be enough. When the woman opens the door, she sees a man in a rubber cape. There are only very few characters in the Short Story, so each must have a meaning. I‟d like to quote an American critic here whose interpretation is convincing, but also ridiculous in its prudishness. “The rubber cape

is protection from the rain, and rain is a fundamental necessity for fertility, and fertility is precisely what is lacking in the young American wife‟s marriage. (Now, h ark!) An even more precise interpretation is possible but perhaps not necessary here.” (!)

From the moment she notices that the cat is gone (l. 41), the woman is no longer called „wife‟, but „the American girl‟. The word „girl‟ is repeated four times, th e woman loses her femininity, so to speak, when she can‟t find the small being she wants to look after . When she returns to her husband, he interrupts his reading only for a short time, he doesn‟t really care, to be precise, he doesn‟t understand what th e whole thing is about. In l. 74 the woman says that she gets „so tired of looking like a boy‟, from l. 80 onwards we get to know what she wants to do with her hair and what else she wants to do or have. The words „I want‟ are repeated 7 times: „a kitty to sit on my lap an d purr when I stroke her/to eat at a table with my own silver/candles/some new clothes‟  - all these things taken together indicate femininity/an own home/motherhood. Logically the word „wife‟ is used again here. (l. 88) The husband‟s only comment is „Oh, shut up and get something to read 

7;. (l. 87) The story could end here, but the author adds a grotesque twist, the symbolic wish of the young woman is fulfilled in a cruelly realistic way.

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We‟ve come to the end of the interpretation, i.e., we‟re going to stop here. We could go on and look at the structure, too, but I think it‟s enough for today. Quite astonishing what the text reveals when we look at it attentively, isn‟t it? But haven‟t we exaggerated and s een too much in the text which really isn‟t there? Now I‟d like to introduce the first information from outside, namely that Hemingway was famous

for his very careful way of working. He rewrote the ending of one of his novels 36 times until he was content! The second information is that Hemingway developed the „iceberg theory‟. He said that in his literary work seven eights were hidden under the water, so we‟re doing just the right thing when

we see each word as carefully chosen and significant.  „Cat in the Rain‟ is considered one of Hemingway‟s best Short Stories; if there‟s someone out there who can understand why it‟s a masterpiece after my l ittle guiding tour, I‟ll call it a day!

In “Cat in the Rain,” the main animal symbol is so essential to the story that it is described in the title. This “cat in the rain” is symbolic of the n ear -drowned emotional state of the American wife in the story. When the cat is first observed cowering under a table in the rain, it is described as “she” (167), although the wife is not physically close enough to determine its gender. This automatically creates an association for the reader between the cat and the only other female character mentioned to this point in the story, the American wife. As she is leaving to rescue the cat, the woman is told repeatedly, both by her husband and the maid, not to get wet. Getting the cat is more important than getting wet however, because she empathizes with the cat. She knows that “it isn’t any fun to be a poor kitty out in the rain” (169). It soon becomes clear to the reader  why the woman feels like a cat drowning in the rain. Her husband is the source of her emotional despair. He leaves her drowning in an avalanche of apathy and lack of affection. When she tells him of all the things she desires, he merely tells her to shut up. The woman wants the cat so that she can hold it on her lap and pet it as it purrs. If the cat is a symbol for the woman, then she is expressing a desire for someone to do the same for her. She wants someone to stroke her, perhaps physically as well as emotionally. She feels unwomanly, like a boy with her short hair. She is starved for the physical and emotional attention that the husband should be giving to her. When the cat is finally brought in from the rain, it is the hotel-keeper that has responded to her needs, rather than her husband. The man who had caused in her “a momentary feeling of  supreme importance” (169), in whom she admired “the way h e wanted to serve her” (168), has brought both the literal and symbolic cats in from the rain. He has provided the woman with the attention that she is not receiving from her husband, at least in an emotional sense. The maid, however, holds the “cat pressed tight against her and swung down against her body” (170) in much the same way that one would hold a baby. This, combined with the husband’s apathy and the wife’s obvious connection with the hotel -keeper, suggests that the wife will be satisfied sexually as well as emotionally by this man. Hemingway’s use of animal symbolism is a contribution to the richness of his characters. It provides the reader with a vehicle through which to better understand the psychological

experiences of the characters with which they are associates. Without them, the stories would lose much of both their color and their clarity.`

Later on, by looking at the relationship of the two Americans, you can see that this description was a foreshadowing of the state of the couple´s relationship: First it was nice, the spring-time of their love, and now there is only rain, their relationship got cold and unfriendly. Another symbolic hint in this introduction is the war monument, which is mentioned three times. This maybe is done to tell us that a conflict is to be expected.

Cat in the Rain by Ernest Hemingway Summary

The short story "Cat in the Rain" was written by Ernest Hemingway in the 1920´s. It is about an American couple that spends their holidays in an Italian hotel. It is a rainy day and the American woman sees a cat in the rain, which she wants to protect from the raindrops. When she goes out of the hotel, which is kept by an old Italian who really seems to do everything to please that woman, and wants to get the cat, it is gone. After returning to the hotel room, she starts a conversation with her husband George, who is reading all the time, telling him how much she wants to have a cat and other things, for instance her own sil ver to eat with. Her husband seems to be annoyed by that and not interested at all. At the end of the story there is a knock on the door and the maid stands there holding a cat for the American woman in her hands. Peculiarities of the introduction

The first thing that caught my eyes was the long description at the beginning. First there is a description of the environment in good weather, which means spring or summer, then a description of the momentary situation in the rain. This description creates an atmosphere that is sad, cold and unfriendly. To create this atmosphere Hemingway uses words such as "empty" or "the motorcars were gone". Later on, by looking at the relationship of the two Americans, you can see that this description was a foreshadowing of the state of the couple´s relationship: First it was nice, the spring-time of their love, and now there is only rain, their relationship got cold and unfriendly. Another symbolic hint in thi s introduction is the war monument, which is mentioned three times. This maybe is done to tell us that a conflict is to be expected. From girl to wife

The next thing I wondered about was the spontaneous reaction of the woman after she saw that cat. Usually only children want to protect cats or dogs from the rain, because a grownup knows that rain does not do any harm to animals living on the street. From that point on you can find an interpretation which is quite complex and not that easy to explain: On the one hand the woman wants to protect that little cat, which now stands for something innocent and vulnerable, like a baby. So she wants to protect that vulnerable thing, which is more the behaviour of an adult. But on the other hand she acts like a little child by having this wish for a cat. Another hint for that is that the woman is referred to as "girl" in the

following paragraph, not as "wife" like before. The sequence in which we get to know that she likes the hotelkeeper a lot is next. She likes the way he wants to serve her. Why? Because it gives her the feeling to be grown up, to be treated like a lady. But the other reasons for fancying him originate from a more childish thinking, like the fact that she likes him because of his big hands. To underline this childish behaviour, all sentences in this part begin with "She liked..", which is the typical way of a child to want something: "I like cats, I like chocolate, I like bubble-gum "and so on. When she talks about the cat in this situation, she does not say "cat" but "kitty", which is usually a childish expression as well. The next sentence that seems to be important to me is:" The padrone made her feel very small and at the same time very important. She had a momentary feeling of being of great importance." At this point we can see again the two parts of her personality. The child in her feels very timid because of the presence of this tall, old, serious man, the woman in her feels flattered by the way he cares for her. She seems to be like a girl of about fourteen, still being a child and now slowly noticing the woman inside her. Marriage problems

When she comes back to the hotel room, her husband is still reading. She tell s him that she does not know why she wanted that cat so much, but we know it: She feels the need for something to care for, to be responsible for, that makes her grow up, for example having a baby. George does not need all that anymore, because he already is grown up, which is shown by his serious behaviour and that he treats his wife like a child. And now we understand why why they are having problems with their marriage - because they are on different levels: He already is a man, she is still a girl. They cannot find a mutual base for their relationship and that makes her bored by him and him annoyed by her. But George does not understand the problem of hi s wife and therefore of their relationship, because when she talks about letting her hair grow to make her become more female, he  just tells her with disinterest that he likes it the way it is. But her wish for longer hair is only the beginning. She tells him that she wants her own silver to eat with and candles and that cat, standing again for something to be responsible for and new clothes. I am sure that her new clothes would be very female, because all these things stand for the world of a grown-ups. So she utters, without really recognizing it herself, the immense wish to be an adult at last - as quickly as possible. And that is why she is now referred to as "wife" again. The sentence that she wants it to be spring again stands for her huge wish for a new spring in her relationship, now that the process of her growing up has started and she might attempt to find a way to be level with her husband, which maybe will help them to finally find a mutual basis. In the end she gets a cat, brought by the maid on request of the padrone. It is not important if it is the same cat she saw on the street or not, the only thing that matters is that she finally gets something to take responsibility for and that symbolizes the first step in the direction of a grown-up life. Conclusion

Altogether I would say that the theme of the story are the problems that a relationship has, when one partner becomes dominant or repressive and the other is trying to change and improve the situation. If they are aware of their problems they might be able to save their marriage, but if they do not recognize that their relationship will become more and more like the depressive weather in this short story, until there will be winter when their love will die.

Symbolism in Cat in the Rain 

In his short story

Cat in the Rain ,

Ernest Hemingway uses imagery and subtlety to

convey to the reader that the relationship between the American couple is in crisis and is quite clearly dysfunctional. In other words, the reader has to have a symbolic reading of  the images. In fact, what seems to be a simple tale of an American couple spending a rainy afternoon inside their hotel room serves as a great metaphor for their relationship. This symbolic imagery, hided behind common objects, gives the stor y all its significance. This short story contains a great number of striking and literary symbols. In a symbolic reading, the opening paragraph describes the crisis that exists in the marriage of 

the couple. In other words, the description of the bad weather, of the “empty square”1[1](l.10) and of their isolation, reflects this conflict and also sets the negative mood. In fact, since the beginning, Ernest Hemingway insists on the isolation of the couple that “does not know any of the people they passed” (ll.1-2) and are “only two

Americans”(l.1). Here it is interesting to notice that they are isolated from the out side world but also from each other. There is no communication and they have no contact, they are distant from each other. Then this isolation is accentuated because of the weather, it is raining. The rain is part responsible for the fact that they have to stay in their room. Nevertheless, the rain has a symbolic meaning together with the description

of the public garden. It represents as suggests the critic John V. Hagopian the “lack of  fertility”2[2] (p.230) . This lack is accentuated by the great repeti tion of the substantive and verb “rain”, which

appears at least five times, and by words which have to do with rain like “sea”, “water”,

“pools” and “dripped/dripping” up to line sixteen. In such a text it is significant when a word or term is repeated. Th e “rain” becomes symbolic because for the nature it means fertility. The imagery of  absence of fertility is also suggested by the “man in a rubber 

cape”. For John Hagopian, “the rubber cape is protection from rain, and rain is a fundamental necessity for fertility, and fertility is precisely what is lacking in the

American wife’s marriage”3[3] (p.231). All this physical description - the rain, the war monument, the emptiness of the square  –  foreshadow the depressive state of  the central character, the American wife and contribute to the meaning of the story as a whole. Moreover, the first paragraph also sets a certain tension. There is not a hint of humour through the story. Even when the maid laughs because the American wife is looking for a cat in the rain, the next sentence “when she talked English, the maid’s face tightened” (l.44), eliminates any possibility of a light of humorous mood. On the second paragraph appears the major symbol around which the story revolves. It is the cat. This symbolic animal is so essential to the tale that it is described right in the title. The cat symbolically reveals the psychological state and emotional desires of the American wife. On other words it is a metaphor for the woman. She identifies herself to it. This connection between the wife and the animal is made to the reader when she

described the cat as “she”. In fact, although the wife is not physically close enough , she determines its gender. In addition, the American woman’s empathy for the cat is shown through her persistence to rescue it from the rain despite the fact that she has to go out and get wet herself. She knows “it isn‟t any fun to be a poor kitty out in the rain”(l.58).

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This demonstrates that she feels herself like a cat drowning in the rain. All this implies that her husband is the source of her emotional despair. He does not really give her the attention she deserves. He is indifferent to her needs. Consequently, the cat symbolises what she wants physically that is to say to be held, stroked, touched, and emotionally to be loved and cared for. All what her husband does not give her. Further, the cat can also represent h er desire of   “motherhood” 4[4] (p.232), of having a child, that is to say someone after whom you can look . In brief, the cat is who will fill the lack of affection, fertility and the emptiness.

The most significant speech in the story is delivered in front of a mirror by the American wife. It demonstrates how the woman is frustrated in her relationship. The enumeration of her wishes of having a “kitty”, “her own silver and candles”, “long hair 

and new clothes” is symbolic. And the repetition of the verb “I want”, which appears at least ten times, accentuates the despair of the wife. She is saying that she desires concrete, tactile, palpable pleasures . In other words, this material needs are the replacement for the emotional support she does not receive from her husband. She is tired that he repressed her wishes. In the text, his static posture reveals his indifference and

inability to understand and see his wife’s problems. Moreover, the emotional distance  between the couple is illustrated by George’s remark “Oh, shut up and get something to read” (l.80). In fact, the American wife does n ot need something to read, she needs something to feel. Besides, all these things taken together indicate her desire of 

“motherhood”4, having an own “home”4 and her feminity. On other words her desire of  long hair demonstrates that she feels unwomanly , like a boy with her short hair, which emphasizes her weakness and lack of feminity.

The other symbolic character is the hotel-keeper. He has provided both symbolic and literal cats from the rain. He is the only man up to now who responded to her needs rather

than her husband. Moreover, he is the only one who causes her “momentary feeling of    being of supreme importance” (l.51). She admires “ the way he wanted to serve her” (l.27). This great attraction to him is underlined by the repetitions of the verb “she liked”. It demonstrates the great contrast between the husband and the hotel-keeper. This rift is more obvious at the end of the story when the hotel owner send the maid to bring a cat to the American wife. He has provided her with the attention that she is not receiving from her husband. The hotel-keeper also procures her the feeling of comfort and protection that her husband denies her. In brief, the lack of attention is filled at least emotionally by the owner of the hotel but it is also suggested that she will be satisfied sexually . And this fullness is here symbolised by the intermediary of the cat.

In conclusion, Hemingway’s use of symbolism is a great contribution to the richness of his characters. It allows the reader to better understand the psychological experiences of the characters with their entourage. Without this symbolic images, for instance in this text the cat, the story would lose much of both their colour and clarity. Moreover, Ernest Hemingway has succeeded very well in this story in showing that individualism of the people living with their own problem is in many case the cause of split and despair.

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Paper Keywords: historical context of the anti-war thinking of Hemingway's spiritual crisis Abstract: Ernest Hemingway's short story 'The Cat in the Rain' to twenty years on behalf of the United States and the Italian society as the background, through the

description of female masters were trying to save a cat before and after the rain through, revealing the spiritual world of the post-war American The barren and emotional crisis, expressing the author's anti-war thinking and the mental state of  contemporary Americans, and the destiny of mankind's concern. First, the historical background of the work Historical context refers to the social and historical patterns and historical events and so on. It affects people's thinking, words and sentences and ideas expressed. Therefore human language where Retention deep imprint. Chang Jing-yu in China, Mr. Zeng pointed out that the linguists' big to a different era, as small as day and night are all moments have an impact on the use of language. Thinking''in the Context of the factors of class and contemporary factors that also affect the style of  the use of language 'use of language is inseparable from a certain time and place. Different times, different world, meaning ignorant to different socio-economic basis and on this basis, the different superstructure. It determines the different sociopolitical environment, social trends. Also dominate people's use of language. 'So we want to correctly understand the writer's works and social value. It is necessary to contact the real impact of various factors on the creation. In this paper, Hemingway's personal experiences and the context in which the perspective of the history of the era. Reading his short story 'The Cat in the Rain' is a guiding theme. 'Every kind of Art. Only when his development is based on the general requirements for conditions of the times when the development would be brilliant. 'Twenties of the twentieth century, the United States has just gone through a war victory. However, the American people in the brief taste of joy after the victory. Into a greater state of confusion and despair. Capitalist competition and war, destruction of people's minds a lot of good things, but also distort a lot of morals and values. And even human nature. Emptiness does not help people who urgently need a bold and powerful hero ... ... but especially his later works of Ernest Hemingway's 'tough-guy spirit of the' anti-war thinking and the legend of his own life. In the American public mind. It is therefore become a spiritual monument. It is the spirit of his tough guy. The guidelines of the United States at a loss of people brave move. Without hesitation. It is not only Hemingway's personal masterpiece, but also a product of history, the United States in contemporary society the object of desire of the public mind. Consequently, it is at a loss for the Americans after the war achievements of the great spiritual needs of Hemingway, to some extent can

be said that talent is a historical achievement. 'When the world heroes. ' While some consider the puzzlement of Hemingway characters' face, unfortunately, with a total value of your life in the search. Showed optimism towards life and the courage to face bleak life, rather than pessimism, despair and confusion ... ... he created real message is a tough guy ... ... the spirit of eternal '. However, I believe in Hemingway's early works is not the case, he was the dominant ideology and understanding can be said that pessimism, he seems to see through all the pillars of Western civilization, such as religion, ethics, morality, philosophy, democracy, and so on. Hemingway's novels the West the modern world. Filled with brutality, despair, failure and death. As he himself in the 'Death in the Afternoon' as in the confession: 'all the stories mentioned a considerable length, is the end of death. '[51 characters in his novels are mostly the entire 13 idle, the lack of real values of  life, often in an isolated, unfamiliar environment, and thus often despair. He Art full of contradictions and suffering. While the 'Cat in the Rain' is one example. Second, simple story 'Cat in the Rain' literal story with a simple, tells a pair of young couples in the United States defeated Italy after World War I came to vacation situation. In a hotel. Her husband lying in bed reading, while his wife looked bored out of the window. Suddenly, a cat in the rain to attract her interest, she decided to go downstairs to look for kittens. But when she went to the downstairs, kittens disappeared. She went back upstairs and her husband grumble. At this time hotelier for maid come to hold a toy cat. Article to this abruptly put on hold. By no further about the wife and husband to see only a reflection of a cat toy, but to allow the reader to imagine. It is through the description of the couple by one of the details of life, to reveal the interpersonal conflict. The two of them one in reading, one in the complaint, unable or unwilling to communicate, it seems that can not face reality. They fled to Italy from the United States may be real in order to avoid or resolve an issue, perhaps the question of the relationship with others, perhaps it is their marriage problems, the authors did not indicate their intentions. According to the reader to judge the context of the latter is more likely. Or a combination. When their wives find cat no avail, she complained that: 'We wanted to stay with long hair''like a kitty'. And so on. Read here, the reader may want to asked who prevented her from achieving these aspirations, I believe that is definitely her husband. Because her hair is based

on the husband's preferences ( 'like the way it is.') And cropped in, 'kitty' is the language of children inside the cat cubs can also refer to a child, of course, only the husband can make her achieve these aspirations . As a husband may be unwilling to meet George, not his wife's wishes, so their marriage may already be a problem. They therefore want a change in environment, to solve these problems. So. Maid sent toy cat is impossible to let his wife met. 3, anti-war theme and the emotional crises Combination of historical context at the time, and Hemingway's personal creation. Short story the reader can see that this is implicit in the two interrelated themes: the anti-war thinking and emotional crisis. Anti-war ideology. Although the novel itself does not directly touch on the war, but their penetration of the anti-war thinking is very clear. In the 'See the cat - look for the cat - like a cat - get a cat' is a simple plot, the penetration of the aversion of  war and war to the people's mind the damage and despair. At the beginning of the

Article, wrote: 'In this hotel, only two Americans, ... ... hotel is opposite the war memorial ... ...'. This Article included in Hemingway's first collection of short stories 'in our era' (1925), also attracts shortly after the war. First World War the US-led Allied victory over Germany, Japan, Italy, led by the Axis defeat to Italy ended, therefore, whether caused by mental or physical trauma can be imagined. Italians to erect a war memorial here, as a warning to future generations not to forget the national humiliation. 'Italy is very far away from the place to pay their last respects monuments, ... ...'. At the same time is not easy to understand the two Americans and people around the loneliness of the situation became estranged strangers. Well, this young couple why they came to this hostile place? Of course, because the effects of war. Although the victory of the war has brought material benefits to the Americans, but Americans are deeply stirred widespread dislike of the war, the post-war Sheng and 1:00 did not make the Americans met, the material wealth of  the capitalist which exacerbated the people's spiritual emptiness. They blindly live aimlessly. Also hope but blind to find a way out, 'the United States a husband and wife who hid in hotels, in order to avoid troubles in real life', but did not expect that Huangbuzelu beggars. Ultimately choose to go to Italy for their hugely hostile to tourists. However, this seems to be with the 'world' isolated place, things are not any signs of improvement. Where they are still unable to face reality and take positive measures to solve their problems. They had come to Italy for

sightseeing. But the man was a master George motionless in bed reading his other purpose is probably to solve the conflict and his wife, but this time he was ~ taste to avoid reality, unwilling to face up to the normal requirements of wives, but always Let her to shut up. This is a deeply hurt the puzzlement of the war, a typical representative of a generation. The war destroyed their spiritual world. So that they become cold, confusion, and the eccentric, thus they are often unable to deal with daily life and emotional issues. Opposite is the enthusiastic with good vision and his wife still lives. Her kindness made her sympathetic to a huddle in the rain, struggling cat and would like the rain to save it: She aspires to be a Accompanied by their hair, women with children of ordinary families, and longing for the warmth of normal family life. All this shows that she was in this cold and desolate world of  an exception. But will inevitably be isolated and hurt. She could not afford to complain about the yearning and eventually will inevitably be sacrificed. The article reflects another example of the Italian people are hostile to indifferent attitude of the Americans, first of all 'hotel, guests are only two live-in the United States. They played and out into the room through the stairs. Along the way they encounter people who did not know. 'Hostel 2 is the owner of these couples choose to stay away, although he also make efforts to meet the female guests. By having the maid for her umbrella. And finally sent to sea turtle toy cat. However, on the one hand he is doing for his own sake of business operations. On the other hand also because the defeat so that they can not afford not to offend I felt offended that they hated the Yankees. Such as' When she was speaking English maid tightened his face. 'The Italian people hate Americans hate feelings leap off the paper. Faced with this situation, the couple will eventually be ended without tragedy is inevitable. 'Novels in a touch of the story. So that we feel the war to bring harm to people. ' The end of the novel, Hemingway uses the usual zero at the end of the Law. Did not name the theme, but the profound meaning, leaving the reader with a rich imagination. Sweep aside the historical context of the fog, and meticulous reader will observe that the author's anxiety, the authors worry about the future of the complicated and confusing. There is no end to the end. Might have wanted to show that the harm caused by the war is far from over. Whether winners or losers are not spared. Americans and Italians can not forget the nightmare of war. War is cold. Can not solve the ultimate problem. And may eventually lead to the extinction of mankind. Because this is only a

temporary victory, the post-war uneven distribution of benefits among the imperialist countries will trigger a new round of war? The fire of war, whether it will re-ignite it? Americans, the current confusion and decadence longer do to win the next war? the author himself is certainly do not want to see a war again. Want people to be able to reach an understanding to stay away from the war, he was an enemy to make their masters came to Italy. This makes the current Chinese readers will naturally think of Japan after World War II a number of friendly people who came to China to promote bilateral relations. However, the author's good intentions can be realized? The author's own can not be answered at that time. He gave a hope that is not the end of the end of this wake-up call to the authorities and the people of the world, asking them to take warning, take positive action to prevent the recurrence of the outbreak of war. Another theme of the novel is the spiritual world of desolation and emotional crisis, the couple went to Italy for sightseeing purpose, and that their day in particular, the husband stayed in the room; bed was originally a place to sleep, make love, while her husband General is indifferent to lie to read, despite his wife's feelings, his wife complained of thirst, he or indifference to cope with or impatiently for her to shut up. The war has destroyed him, so he did not know how to deal with his wife. I do not know how to perform the role of the husband's obligation. By apathy is overwhelmed by his wife, standing helplessly looked out the window. Suddenly a cat caught her interest. So she wants to have it downstairs to find Ben. Then she really wanted this cat? Here means a very strong symbol of the cat. Others believe that the Cat in the Rain 'a symbol of female masters of misfortune. 'It was also said:' It is a symbol of the novel his wife, who had near-collapse of the U.S. state of  mind. 'And I believe that: it symbolizes the hearts of his wife's desire for a normal life, is she wanted to' break the illusion of reality and the psychological difficulties'. Cat curled up helplessly in the rain with her own pain associated with marriage did struggle, Left with her desire to care for her husband but at least they repeated to each other the cold shoulder, thus creating the feeling of the same boat, so she decided to braving the rain to try to rescue it, and also reflects her desire for a normal married life. 'I do not know why then should the cat. I would like to that poor kitten. To do a stay in the rain of the poor kitten, is not what an interesting thing. 'In fact, she really is not the desired cat. His wife and her maid speak with normal words 'cat', but when she and her husband talking. Children to use the

phrase 'kitty'. This reflects the daily status of their inequality. Like her husband did not like the hotelier equal to him. But the same as they treat their children to control her dominate her. Reposted elsewhere in the Research Papers Download http://www.hi138.com Therefore, I believe that Nazhi 'was eager to cats' hearts desire on behalf of his wife: her husband was loved. Like a normal woman, as had long hair at the back of  the head knot. Spring a few pieces of new clothes. Seated leg hum called kitty (I think it is more likely to be fed from a child learning language). Read the story. Most of them are sympathetic to the plight of his wife and blame her husband's irresponsible. In fact Here's husband is also very worthy of our compassion. He is a victim of the war, he was highly enthusiastic to participate in the war. But the war has destroyed him, made him the spiritual world a desolate. Authors placed their understanding of and sympathy, he felt unhappy life want to change, but lacked the courage or ability to take positive action, had to let matters drift. Maintain the mediocre status quo. Face verbose wife, he even did not try to persuade to persuade her, and just show their own impatience. In fact, it was his impatience of his heart incompetence, indifference and cowardly exposed. Here the characters, in addition to her husband's surname is not a very common name, the rest have no names were not named, but no clear ending. This seems to indicate that the reader emotional crises and conflicts are not individual people's problems, but a common phenomenon in society. Hemingway can be seen in plain text and deep meaning outlined a generation after the wa