Ernest Hemingway is considered to be the most significant writer in the twentieth century American literature

Ernest Hemingway is considered to be the most significant writer in the twentieth century American literature. He created memorable characters in his stories by drawing on real people and on real places, events (symbols) to enrich his characters’ characteristics, then convey to the readers many layers in understanding his stories’ meaning which is obviously reflected in Cat in the Rain that was first published in 1925 in the short story collection In Our Time. Hemingway replied on his personal experiences, his own relationship and observation for the content of his work. By employing images, symbols and symbolism theory in this short story, Ernest Hemingway gave an artistic quality of the content which makes readers deeply understand and realize the true relationship of the American couple as well as other historical and social impact on his characters’ concept. The target of this study is to explode the images used as part of the short story and to decode these symbols as well as describe the different interpretations that they stand for.
Key words: American literature, Symbols, Cat in the Rain, Ernest Hemingway, symbolism theory.