Hills Like White Elephants Realism Analysis
Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants” depicts many literary movements throughout the story, but one seems to stand out the most. The story shows acts of realism in its sense that his fictional story is able to relate in the real world and that Ernest Hemingway's point isn’t obviously. To truly understand “Hills Like White Elephants” the reader must dig deep to find the underlying meaning.
Realism began very well known in the 19th and 20th century. Realism plays very close attention to detail, and its affective ways of making a story realistic while still remaining fictional. Realism is unique in the way that it can take a serious topic and the reader will not be so quick to judge, simply because the story is actually fictional …show more content…
A man inside the bar approaches her speaking Spanish, she does not understand Spanish but continues with the conversation anyways. The man orders and pays for a drinks for her. He reader can tell the man is in complete control and knows how to get out of the situation as well. The man carries the bags to the opposite side of the tracks and starts explaining everything to the girl. "It's really an awfully simple operation, Jig... It's not really an operation at all... I know you wouldn't mind it, Jig. It's really not anything. It's just to let the air in" (Hemmingway 5). After this conversation he finishes his drink in the bar and leaves the girl. The train is late, but in Spain it is very common for trains to arrive late.
This seems to be the mans main focus, the train ride to and from, having an abortion and the drinks that follow. "That's all we do, isn't it—look at things and try new drinks" (Hemmingway 6)? Hemmingway’s point is that the men are trying to make it seem okay because they do not want to be at risk any longer and to try and convince the women that they do not want that burden. A woman has sex, decides she does not want to have the baby then gets an
Realism began very well known in the 19th and 20th century. Realism plays very close attention to detail, and its affective ways of making a story realistic while still remaining fictional. Realism is unique in the way that it can take a serious topic and the reader will not be so quick to judge, simply because the story is actually fictional …show more content…
A man inside the bar approaches her speaking Spanish, she does not understand Spanish but continues with the conversation anyways. The man orders and pays for a drinks for her. He reader can tell the man is in complete control and knows how to get out of the situation as well. The man carries the bags to the opposite side of the tracks and starts explaining everything to the girl. "It's really an awfully simple operation, Jig... It's not really an operation at all... I know you wouldn't mind it, Jig. It's really not anything. It's just to let the air in" (Hemmingway 5). After this conversation he finishes his drink in the bar and leaves the girl. The train is late, but in Spain it is very common for trains to arrive late.
This seems to be the mans main focus, the train ride to and from, having an abortion and the drinks that follow. "That's all we do, isn't it—look at things and try new drinks" (Hemmingway 6)? Hemmingway’s point is that the men are trying to make it seem okay because they do not want to be at risk any longer and to try and convince the women that they do not want that burden. A woman has sex, decides she does not want to have the baby then gets an