Title: “The Cross-Cultural Communication Gap: Miscommunication in Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain” and Deborah Tannen’s “Sex, Lies and Conversation”

1. Discuss miscommunication in the marital relationships in Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain”
Read the essay, “Sex, Lies and Conversation,” by Deborah Tannen and decide how the marriage resembles the cross-cultural communication separating men from women that Tannen identifies. Explain what the marriage lacks and how the wife indemnifies her situation. Remember to use quotes and details from the texts .