Cat in the Rain

by Ernest Hemingway

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Cat in the Rain Questions and Answers

What is the theme of Hemingway's short story "Cat in the Rain"?

What is the conflict in "Cat in the Rain"?

What are some examples of imagery in "Cat in the Rain"?

What is the significance of the rain in "Cat in the Rain"?   

Who are the characters in Cat in the Rain and characterizations?

Analysis of the American wife in "Cat in the Rain."

What are the plot, main theme and moral lessons in "Cat in the Rain" by Ernest Hemingway?

Why do you think Hemingway does not give the American woman an actual name?

Explain how George and the hotel keeper are different in terms of their character and actions in "Cat in the Rain."

What moral value can be found in Ernest Hemingway's short story "Cat in the Rain"?

How is the use of irony present in "Cat in the Rain"?

What are the functions respectively of the maid and the hotel-keeper in the development of the story "Cat in the Rain"?

What is the importance of the "war monument" in the "Cat in the Rain" by Ernest Hemingway? What might it symbolize?

In "Cat in the Rain," why does the wife want the cat? What leads you to believe this? Explain your answers.

How does the husband's reading in "Cat in the Rain" relate to the theme? What is the significance of this passage?

What is the theme of courtly love in "Cat in the Rain"?

Describe the husband's character in "Cat in the Rain". What is the significance of the rain?

Analyze the character of George in "Cat in the Rain."

What is the importance of the setting in Hemingway's "Cat In the Rain"?

Why was the wife in "Cat in the Rain" looking at herself in the mirror?

What kinds of feelings and desires is the wife really expressing toward the end of the story "Cat in the Rain"?

In "Cat in the Rain," why does the husband's offer to go down to get the cat seem insincere?

How does Ernest Hemingway employ atmosphere to support his theme in "Cat in the Rain"?

Why does the husband's offer seem insincere in "Cat in the Rain"? What is the main reason the girl likes the padrone? How does she feel about her hair and what is George's reaction?

In Hemingway's "The Cat in the Rain," what links the wife's complaint to her desire for a cat? How does Hemingway use repetition and contrast? What details are omitted according to his "iceberg principle"?

Identify one example of imagery in Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain."

Why does the maid ask, "Have you lost something, madam?" in "Cat in the Rain"?

How does Hemingway characterize Kitty and George in "Cat in the Rain"?

How does Hemingway portray understanding, care, and love in the marital relationship in "Cat in the Rain"?

What does the husband's comment, "Wonder where it went to?", reveal about his attitude in "Cat in the Rain"?

How does Freud's analysis in The Interpretation of Dreams inform your understanding of Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain"?