Ernest Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain”
...ara. 11) Because she feels that being served is a new thing for her, being treated as an important person is very exiting for her so she appreciates the services from the hotelkeeper. Even more when she talks to the maid, she uses a friendly way. As a woman, it is the nature that she wants to be protected by the strong ones. Women’s quality is weak; they need to get the feeling of safety to make them comfortable. The female character obtains the feeling of being protected like a little girl from the hotelkeeper. In conclusion, the female character’s behavior that in front of the hotelkeeper let readers make sense that her state is ignored by others and she needs more respect and being protected. The American wife in the story does not feel happy about her marriage because she has many differences with her husband and she wants to be appreciated. Readers can easily find out that the woman does not have many same topics with her husband. They talk in a way lack of love and passion. Looking throughout of the article, the woman talks to her husband in short sentences meanwhile the husband replies her in shorter sentences or words even more do not say anything. They do not have any nickname or sweet words in the conversation. The woman is still thinking in a immature way, which can be inferred from she calls the cat as “kitty” and she speaks out her will straightly: “I want… … I want… …” When the woman tells her will of changing her hairstyle and become more female, her husband is indifferent. He would rather to read book than talk to his wife. The female character cannot get enough appreciation from her husband and her beauty has not been found. She must be disappointed because of she feels unsafe and unfulfilled from her husband’s perform. In general, the female character dissatisfied with her marriage life because she cannot obtain enough attention from her husband and she needs more love and appreciation. Further on in the story, the female character does not satisfy about her life style can be found by readers from the woman’s words to her husband and her intense desire of the cat. The woman talks a lot of “I want… …” to her husband. Her current life must be different from her expectancy. She is tired of living a boring, poor and busy life; she wants relaxed life and enjoys some luxurious goods. The cat is a symbol of the life style that the woman chases. As the saying goes, “woman l...