Analysis of Text № 7

The text is written by a prominent American author Ernest Muller Hemingway who was professional at writing novels and stories pf different genres. The story is a short narrative in prose. The titleof the story does not present any difficulty in understanding. The text belongs toa belles-lettres style.It also referres toa social and psychological genre.It describes events according to social conditions and depicts the main characters' psychology and desires. The storyis a narration withsome pieces of dialoguesand a dynamic account of events. It hasa descriptionof landscape and the characters' appearance and manners. E.g.(The room faced the public garden and the sea. There were big palms and green benches in the public garden. The rain dropped from the palm-trees. The sea broke in a long line in the rain and slipped back down the beach to come up and break again in a long line in the rain; She liked the way the hotel owner wanted to serve her. She liked his dignity. She liked his old, heavy face and big hands.)

The text has an interior monologuewhich reveals real necessities and desires of the main character. The author represents the events from the point of view of the characters. The story is told in the third person. The srory is emotional. All actions are fast. The text ends on a reflective note because the main herouine began pondering over her life, inner world and her innermost dream to have a kitten. The text is conclusive. The main herouine's dream became a reality. The maintheme of the storyhuman natural necessities and wishes. The idea isa great desire to change something in life.There is a conflict in the text which reflects struggle with a great desire to have a kitten. The author sympathizes with the characters.

The text under analysis consists of several parts. The main characters and the place of events are represented in exposition. The action takes place in Italy. The main characters are two Americans (a wife and a husband) who stopped at the hotel. It was raining and the territory of the hotel was empty. The American wife stood at the window and looked at the sea. Suddenly she saw a cat. Incomlication she made up her mind to go downstairs and to catch that cat. She came into the garden accompanied by the maid but didn't find the cat. Inclymax the girl spoke about her wishes to her husband and suddenly someone knocked at the door. It was the maid who brought a big tortoise-shell cat for the Signora. It was from the padrone of the hotel.

Depending upon the manner in which the text is represented we can speak about the language of the story. It's informal, emotional and vivid. On one hand the text has a descriptive character and on the other hand it's lyrical. There are some Italian words. E.g. Signora, padrone, avanti. From grammar point of view the language is not very complicated. The predominant tense is Past Smple one. There are several pieces of direct speech. It's possible to find some participle, gerund modal and participle constructions in the text. E.g.The American wife stood at the window looking out. The husband went on reading. We must get back inside. She was disappointed. In general the sentences are not very complex and the text is rather easy for reading and understanding.