short stories by Ernest Hemingway, “Cat in The Rain” and “Hills Like White Elephants”, they both share similar concepts and characteristics. In both texts, there is woman who cannot voice their thoughts to their significant other in life. A strong sense of oppression envelopes the tone in each story. In “Cat in The Rain” the husband, George, did not pay much attention to his wife. After seeing a cat trying to hide under a table to shelter itself from the rain, she wanted to bring it in and protect
Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills like White Elephants” and “Cat in the Rain” have similar elements with regard to the characters, the settings, and the conclusions. Hemingway’s “Hills like White Elephants” and “Cat in the Rain” are similar in the way’s he has the women, men, and secondary characters interact and how each one plays a role in the story. Both women in Hemingway’s stories want to have a baby, while in “Hills like White Elephants” the women seems unsure in the beginning by the end it is clear
Comparison of Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" and "Cat In The Rain" "Cat In The Rain" is set in an Italian hotel where we meet an American couple. Outside a cat is trapped in the rain, and the wife wants to save it. When she goes to get it, it is gone but the maid later brings her one. The point of view in the story is a third person narrator, but the perspective changes going from the wife to the husband and an objective narrator who tells it like it is. The story is told retrospectively
In many short stories, we normally read and discover the relationships between man and woman. Here the relationship of men and women in 2 short stories: Cat in The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants and the comparison between these characters is going to be discussed. In Hills like White Elephants they are not a couple, but in the Cat in the rain, it is obvious that they are a married couple. In the first story the male character is called American but we do not know about the girl, but in the later
The power of relationship is a major theme in both Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain," and in Ibsen's "A Doll's House." In both stories, patriarchy is the pervasive social structure under which the individual relationships develop. Relationship therefore defines and reinforces gender roles and norms. The heterosexual dynamic also constructs and reinforces individual identity. Romantic relationships have the power to perpetuate social norms and values, especially those related to gender. Furthermore, romantic
Heming’s “Hills like White Elephants” and “Cat in the rain” both represent the importance of women wanting to get attention from their loved ones, which they are not showing despite of their pride. One of the crucial points, to have a healthy relationship, is communication with your loved ones. Communicating better helps the person state his/her ideas so that his/he partner can fully understand his/her point. As long as we are communicating with each other, we can work through whatever problems
Cat in the Rain and Hills Like White Elephants: Traditional Gender Roles During the modernist movement, both men and women challenged the confining traditional values of past generations. Due to this shift in thinking, traditionalists grasped tightly onto their old ways, fearing change. Ernest Hemingway, a famous modern writer, reflects this desperate struggle among contrasting views in gender roles in two of his short stories, Cat in the Rain and Hills Like White Elephants. In Cat in the Rain,
Descriptive language in the stories “Boys & Girls”, “Cat in the Rain”, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and the poem “A Far Cry from Africa”. Descriptive language is a literary tool used by many great writers. We clearly see this in the stories “Boys & Girls”, “Cat in the Rain”, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and the poem “A Far Cry from
Hemingway’s Short Stories of Autobiographical, Immature Males Hemingway’s short stories Cat in the Rain and The Snows of Kilimanjaro have male characters that are autobiographical. He attempted to dispel criticism of his short stories as autobiographical because Hemingway did not care for critics. His focus on his work as art ignores the autobiographical and psychological content he depended upon to develop characters. His characters are judged by the female characters of the short stories in
are very different but had a lot of similarities that made them relate to each other. The short story “Hills like White Elephants” and “Cat In The Rain” are the two stories that relate to each other in various ways. “Hills Like White Elephants” is about a couple that is facing an unexpected pregnancy and deciding whether to keep the baby or not. “Cat In The Rain” is about an unstable couple that has lack of love