Analysis Of Cat In The Rain By Ernest Hemingway - 1244 Words

The bonds between men and women varied across the world in the 1920’s, with certain countries embracing women within society, yet other countries saw women as nothing more than homemakers. In his time in Europe, Ernest Hemingway witnessed the utmost respect men had towards women. Yet when Hemingway arrived back in America he saw the misogynistic attitudes towards women and their movement for suffrage. Ernest Hemingway’s â€Å"Cat in the rain† is the adventure of American women seeking suffrage in the 1920’s, alongside portraying the juxtaposition of treatment of American women to European women. â€Å"Cat in the rain† begins by defining the setting, using strong imagery of the postwar period of Italy the 1920’s. Hemingway puts emphasis on a war†¦show more content†¦Bickford Sylvester, a scholar in the works of Ernest Hemingway, noticed Hemingway writes about an independent †woman [who] learns that she must live without the support of an adequate maleâ€Å" (Sylvester Bickford 3).Therefore the wife must learn to obtain what she desires herself, without the use of George. However, the American woman would be met with better treatment from a male other than George, as she ventures downstairs to the European Padrone. When the Wife arrived downstairs she encounters the European padrone who †bowed to her as she passed the officeâ€Å" (Hemingway). For the first time, she is treated with genuine respect from a male. Hemingway showcases the juxtaposition of the viewing of women through the stagnant American Husband and the Respectful European Padrone. Hemingway critic Joseph DeFalco, argues the padrone a father figure who is †protective father †¦ and not what a father is likely to beâ€Å"(DeFalco 159). 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