By continuously repeating the structure of binary opposition of joy and ennui, Cat in the Rain conveys that gender means the incommunicability between the American couple and the death of their love.
You need to be canny, careful, and assiduous in your search for an agent or a publisher, but—this bears repeating—the most important thing you can do for yourself is read the market.
Deliberate practice entails more than simply repeating a task. Rather, it involves setting specific goals, obtaining immediate feedback and concentrating as much on technique as on outcome.
Our Sages teach that atonement is only achieved through sincere acknowledgment of past failures and a realistic and resolute intention to avoid repeating them.
Even though I do love a British accent and I have a lot of British friends, I always find myself just repeating their phrases like, gather, and of course, and um, and I know that I'm a pain in the arse.