The Short Story : Cat in the Rain” by Ernest Hemingway

Abstract

In Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain” the American wife presents many qualities. She barely has an identity. There isn’t a name attached to her throughout the story. The American wife feels locked and trapped in her marriage. That is why she becomes obsessed with rescuing the cat trapped underneath the table. She desperately wants freedom by wishing for “new clothes”, for “spring” and to eat with her “own silver”. Moreover, she sounds somehow childish wishing and wanting too many things: “I want … I want ...”