cat in the rain
... In ¡§Cat in the Rain¡¨ by Ernest Hemingway we realize his attitude towards the three chief characters and they are different from how we would expect them to act. ... Her spontaneous reaction after she saw the cat is usually one of a child. Only a child would want to protect a cat in the rain, grown-up knows that the rain does not do any harm to animals living on the street. From this point on you can find an interpretation which is quite complex and not easy to explain: On one hand the woman wants to protect the cat, which now stands for something innocent and vulnerable, like a baby. ... When the hotelkeeper brought the cat up to the wife we see how he would go out of his way to make her happy, verses her husband listening to her when she is tying to have a conversation with him.