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