Hill Like White Elephants
Point of view plays a major role in every story, helping shape how characters are seen and interpreted. The right narration will help to clearly present the theme; it dictates the way a story is read and understood with an array of symbolism. In “Hill Like White Elephants” Hemingway presents symbols like white elephants and a train station to carry theme. Through the objective third person point of view symbols are used to help the reader understand the intricacy of a young couple’s life changing choice.
In stories that are told through the objective third person point of view, the characters are often viewed as blank canvases, waiting for the reader to define them. In “Hill Like White Elephants” Hemingway leaves it up to the audience to interpret and seek meaning in the symbols such as white elephants, in order grasp the prohibitive situation Jig and the American are in “But if I do it, then it will be nice again if I say things are like white elephants, and you’ll like it?” (Hemingway 60) A white elephant is something that no one wants in this case it is Jigs unborn child. Clearly the American is against keeping the child because he is constantly reminding Jig …show more content…
In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” through the objective third person point of view Hemingway used symbolism to help the reader grasp the complexity of the young couple’s deciton. Through symbols such as white elephants the reader is able to better identify the conflict between Jig and the American regarding their unborn child. The landscape presents the reader with the option available to the couple, whether to keep the baby or not; a moment of transition in the couples lives captured by the train station. The objective third person point of view imposes a script like story telling that places importance on the symbols as a guide to help the reader to more clearly grasp the young couple’s complex
In stories that are told through the objective third person point of view, the characters are often viewed as blank canvases, waiting for the reader to define them. In “Hill Like White Elephants” Hemingway leaves it up to the audience to interpret and seek meaning in the symbols such as white elephants, in order grasp the prohibitive situation Jig and the American are in “But if I do it, then it will be nice again if I say things are like white elephants, and you’ll like it?” (Hemingway 60) A white elephant is something that no one wants in this case it is Jigs unborn child. Clearly the American is against keeping the child because he is constantly reminding Jig …show more content…
In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” through the objective third person point of view Hemingway used symbolism to help the reader grasp the complexity of the young couple’s deciton. Through symbols such as white elephants the reader is able to better identify the conflict between Jig and the American regarding their unborn child. The landscape presents the reader with the option available to the couple, whether to keep the baby or not; a moment of transition in the couples lives captured by the train station. The objective third person point of view imposes a script like story telling that places importance on the symbols as a guide to help the reader to more clearly grasp the young couple’s complex