Comparing Hills Like White Elephants And The Story Of An Hour
English 126
March 30, 2015
Analyzing Short Story
Women are treated as though they are very weak. Women were not allowed to live their lives for themselves. A woman has to perform duties and routines in a relationship as the men choose and tells her to do. But there is always a time when people realize that the ways of living should not be the way they are and that they have to change in order to live with their true selves instead of someone else controlling their lives. In many stories, women discover their true selves in order to live a free life. In Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” and Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” it is clear that both of these authors analyze the topic of self-discovery. These stories show the role of gender and in particular the position of women in different situation. Both women in the stories experience self-discovery and a moment of change in their lives because they are free from the controlled life they had.
In the story, “Hills Like White Elephants” Jig is shown to be an object who is being manipulated and abused. The story begins with the scenario of a couple (the American, man and Jig, women) at a train station in Spain who are having a conversation or argument about …show more content…
Jig discovers herself through making choices on her own and to her freedom is choice. She wants to be able to guide her own life and be happy. Mrs. Mallard on the other hand wants a life to herself, where she is the only authority in her life and that she is independent. Even though both women were treated like someone weak, these weaknesses made them realize the strength and potential they have which helped them decide what they would do on their own instead of someone else commanding them or making choices for them on how to
March 30, 2015
Analyzing Short Story
Women are treated as though they are very weak. Women were not allowed to live their lives for themselves. A woman has to perform duties and routines in a relationship as the men choose and tells her to do. But there is always a time when people realize that the ways of living should not be the way they are and that they have to change in order to live with their true selves instead of someone else controlling their lives. In many stories, women discover their true selves in order to live a free life. In Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” and Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” it is clear that both of these authors analyze the topic of self-discovery. These stories show the role of gender and in particular the position of women in different situation. Both women in the stories experience self-discovery and a moment of change in their lives because they are free from the controlled life they had.
In the story, “Hills Like White Elephants” Jig is shown to be an object who is being manipulated and abused. The story begins with the scenario of a couple (the American, man and Jig, women) at a train station in Spain who are having a conversation or argument about …show more content…
Jig discovers herself through making choices on her own and to her freedom is choice. She wants to be able to guide her own life and be happy. Mrs. Mallard on the other hand wants a life to herself, where she is the only authority in her life and that she is independent. Even though both women were treated like someone weak, these weaknesses made them realize the strength and potential they have which helped them decide what they would do on their own instead of someone else commanding them or making choices for them on how to