The "Cat in the Rain" Analysis.

In his short story "Cat in the Rain" Ernest Hemingway masterly depicts how a person can feel lonely being in relationship. 

The plot of the story is rather simple. The story begins with the description of a hotel in Italy where two Americans, a woman and her husband, live. It is heavy raining and while the husband reads the book the American wife observes a cat outside. She wants to take that cat, but it is gone. Later, the woman is brought another cat. 

The whole story represents a short period of time. The reader doesn't know who are the characters, what happened with them in the past, as well there is nothing said about the future. The author doesn't give any description of the characters, the only thing that the reader knows is that the husband's name is George and he likes reading. The only thing that the author mentions about the woman's appearance is that she has got short hair. 

From the very beginning the author emphasises the mood of the story by using such words as "empty", "the motor cars were gone". The author uses simple propositions in the first paragraph which tell about the monotonous mood of the story :"There room was on the ...", "There were big palms", "The rain dripped", "The sea broke", "The motor cars...". 

Almost all the story is based on the dialogue. At the beginning of the dialogue the woman talks to her husband, who "Went on reading, lying propped up with two pillows at the foot of the bed". Although the husband pretends to wish to offer the help to his wife, he doesn't seem to care about her: when the woman goes to take the cat from the rain, the husband just replies: "Don't get wet". At the same time, the hotel-keeper is more concerned about the woman and sends the maid with an umbrella to help the woman in rain. 

The author opposes two men: the husband and the hotel-keeper. There is nothing said about the way the woman treates her husband and there are lots of "She liked" concerning the hotel-keeper. The author uses repetition to emphasise the way the woman treats the hotel-keeper. Each sentence begins with "She liked". Unlike her husband, the padrone makes the woman "feel very small and at the same time really important". At this moment, George is on the bed, reading, pretending that he is interested if his wife got the cat. 

The woman goes on telling that she wants that cat, and she wants to grow her hair, and she wants to eat at a table with her own silver. So, by telling this, she tells the husband that she is tired of living at the hotel, she wants to have her own house, she wants to change the life. When the woman tells George that she wants to grow her hair, he tells that he likes the way she looks. Actually, he likes the life they live and he doesn't want to change it. The woman keeps on repeating that she wants a cat, which means she wants a new life, she wants her husband to make their living better. The man doesn't listen to her anymore, keeping on reading.

After a while, the cat is brought by the maid, sent by the hotel-keeper. However, it is not that cat that the woman wants. 

The tragedy of this short story is that the woman wants to be listened, loved and understood by her husband, who is blind and deaf towards her, and the stranger understands her better than the husband. The woman feels lonely, although she isn't alone. 

Benefits and Challenges of Internship in Moldova. 

One of the stages of Moldovan System of Education is compulsory internship. The internship usually lasts from four to six weeks. It takes place at the beginning of the second term of the third year of studies and at the beginning of the first term of the fourth year of studies. The future teachers go to gain their teaching experience at primary schools and gymnasiums. The internship brings its benefits and at the same time, its challenges.

   

 The most important thing that an intern gains during the internship is valuable experience that can't be got at the University. During the internship a student is able to use the acquired knowledge in practice. There’s no theory without practice and one of the best ways to apply knowledge is to go to school and teach pupils.

  

 Another benefit of the internship is that the student finally takes the decision: to be or not to be a teacher. During the internship the student behaves the way he/she will behave in everyday life if he/she decides to become a teacher: he/she goes to school every day, prepares lesson plans and teaching materials. Thus, the student can understand wether he/she is ready to become a teacher or not.

  

  Among the benefits of internship in Moldova one can notice the ability to learn from the colleagues. The student attends the teacher’s lessons and learns his/her way of teaching, which may be useful, as such a teacher is usually an experienced one. The intern also attends his /her colleague’s classes and this practice also helps to discover new things, new methods and strategies.

  

  There's also another side of internship at Moldovan schools. One of the challanges of going to school and practicing teaching skills is the absence of the wish to become a teacher after the internship is finished. A student may lose the aspiration to become a teacher because pupils can be noisy and disrespectful or even because a teacher has a lot of work to do every day.

    

Among the challenges of the internship one can notice different opinion with the teacher who is intended to guide him/her. This is the problem that I faced during my internship. The intern is not allowed to argue with his/her teacher. Once I didn’t agree with the teacher’s remarks concerning the grammatical topic, the only thing I could do was to agree with the teacher whose point of view I considered incorrect.

    

  The internship may strengthen one's student wish to become a teacher or, on the contrary, change his/her point of view concerning the future occupation. In any case, due to internship a student becomes more experienced and more confident.  

Benefits and Challenges of Internship in Moldova!

 Moldovan System of Education implies compulsory internship. Every third and fourth year student is supposed to go through it. The institutions there the internship is held as schools, translation offices, hospitals, factories. The six or four weeks practice brings its benefits and at the same time, its challenges. As I have a luggage got during the two times internship at school, I would like to explain the benefits and challenges of teaching at school.

     One of the benefits of the internship is practice. There’s no theory without practice and one of the best ways to apply knowledge in real is to go to school and teach.

     The internship is the final point in a student’s doubts: to be or not to be a teacher. During the internship the student “plays school”, he/she goes to school every day, prepares lesson plans, teaching materials, as well as the real teacher. So, during the internship, the student makes his/her conclusion concerning his/her future profession.

     Another benefit of the internship is that even being an educated person, the intern studies during his/her time at school. The student attends the teacher’s lesson and studies his/her way of teaching, which is undoubtedly useful, as such a teacher is usually a very experienced one. The intern also attends his /her colleague’s lessons and this practice also helps to discover new things, new methods and strategies.

     During the internship a student gets in touch with pupils, trains to be not only a teacher for them, but also a friend and a mother. Usually, when a student becomes a close person for the pupils and imbues with feelings towards his/her pupils, there’s no doubt – the intern found his/her place in the professional world, and he/she is ready to become a teacher.

     Together with the benefits, the internship has some challenges. One of them is the absence of the wish to become a teacher after the internship is finished. It may happen in case that the future student teaches in a noisy grade, is disrespected and ignored. Although he/she may try another grade and may be change his/her point of view towards teaching at school.

     Among the challenges of the internship I can notice different opinion with the teacher-curator. This is the problem that I faced during my internship. The intern is not allowed to argue with his/her teacher-curator; and when I didn’t agree with the teacher’s remarks concerning the grammatical point, the only thing I was allowed to do was to agree with the teacher which I considered not a competent one.

    Even if the internship is not something perfect and it has some challenges, every student has to pass through it. In this way a student becomes a little experienced, more confident and decided whether he/she is ready to spend all his/her life teaching or not.