Hills Like White Elephants Analysis
In both the poem my papas waltz and the short story hills like white elephants, alcohol is a repetitive motif that is present throughout the stories. Both stories have alcohol as a similarity and in both stories the consumption of alcohol allows the characters to remove themselves from reality and ignore the issue(s) at hand.
In the short story hills like white elephants both the American and the Jig consume alcohol when they are engaging in conversation in an effort to circumvent each other and the issues that they have in their relationship. They both begin guzzling massive beers as soon as they enter the train station. It’s almost as if they are drinking all the alcohol in an effort to avoid the possibility of a discussion with one another.
In the short story hills like white elephants both the American and the Jig consume alcohol when they are engaging in conversation in an effort to circumvent each other and the issues that they have in their relationship. They both begin guzzling massive beers as soon as they enter the train station. It’s almost as if they are drinking all the alcohol in an effort to avoid the possibility of a discussion with one another.