Cat In The Rain Sparknotes. Car door opens, then a quick slam. Many italians come from far away to see the monument.
The wife looks out the window at the rain and sees a cat huddled under a table. They did not know any of the people they passed on the stairs on their way to and from their room. Critical attention focuses chiefly on its autobiographical elements and on hemingway's theory of omission (iceberg theory
1 prologue 2 chapter 1 3 chapter 2 4 chapter 3 5 chapter 4 6 chapter 5 7 chapter 6 8 chapter 7 9 chapter 8 10 chapter 9 11 chapter 10 12 chapter 11 13 chapter 12 14 chapter 13 15 chapter 14 16 chapter 15 17 chapter 16 18 chapter 17 19 chapter 18 20 chapter 19 21 chapter 20 22 chapter 21 23 chapter 22 24 chapter 23 25 chapter 24 26 chapter 25 these notes are brief, noting major events and minor.
They did not know any of the people they passed on the stairs on their way to and from their room. As the evening wears on, the party wines down as it begins to rain, forcing the few guests and family inside. Cat in the rain examines another strained and unhappy marriage. Taken from his the complete short stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and one of the most interesting things about the story is how hemingway shifts.