Symbolism In Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants
Writers and Artists have something in common, they both paint the pictures and have a meaning in their work. People interpret their work differently and come up with similar results.
In the story of Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants, it was a time where the man role is still dominant over woman. In the U.S. 19th Amendment made woman right to vote and started the beginnings of women joining the labor force. Three years before the Greatest Depression in history. Also it was time that abortions were common and illegal. Establishment were rumored and told by person to person. You couldn’t talk about abortion openly nor mention the word in writing. The procedure was deadly most common bleeding to death and infection. They did not sedate …show more content…
The first line of the story, "The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white" (475), can be interpreted as the length of the belly of the pregnancy and the worry of the characters is carries in mind, the word Ebro could be referring to embryo the stage of development and the color white meaning innocents. The next line," On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun" (475), can be interpreted as the middle of the day, on one side nothing but dirt, also could mean no problems and other side full of life, a choice of taking responsibility and have a family, the two rails are a crossroad to which choice to take. The place there were both going was to Madrid and give Jig the abortion. They both were sitting on the baron side of the station thinking nothing but themselves and with no worries, ignoring what problem they both have, enjoying the moment and trying new things together. The hills to Jig look like white elephants, in her mind, she is thinking about her physical appears, when her belly gets to that point similar to the hills. Jig a young girl and the American an older gentleman in this station to make critical life changing choice. Jig makes her choice first and moves across the other side of the station to the green fertile fields and a symbol that represents the keeping of the baby. At the end the American moves
In the story of Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants, it was a time where the man role is still dominant over woman. In the U.S. 19th Amendment made woman right to vote and started the beginnings of women joining the labor force. Three years before the Greatest Depression in history. Also it was time that abortions were common and illegal. Establishment were rumored and told by person to person. You couldn’t talk about abortion openly nor mention the word in writing. The procedure was deadly most common bleeding to death and infection. They did not sedate …show more content…
The first line of the story, "The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white" (475), can be interpreted as the length of the belly of the pregnancy and the worry of the characters is carries in mind, the word Ebro could be referring to embryo the stage of development and the color white meaning innocents. The next line," On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun" (475), can be interpreted as the middle of the day, on one side nothing but dirt, also could mean no problems and other side full of life, a choice of taking responsibility and have a family, the two rails are a crossroad to which choice to take. The place there were both going was to Madrid and give Jig the abortion. They both were sitting on the baron side of the station thinking nothing but themselves and with no worries, ignoring what problem they both have, enjoying the moment and trying new things together. The hills to Jig look like white elephants, in her mind, she is thinking about her physical appears, when her belly gets to that point similar to the hills. Jig a young girl and the American an older gentleman in this station to make critical life changing choice. Jig makes her choice first and moves across the other side of the station to the green fertile fields and a symbol that represents the keeping of the baby. At the end the American moves