“Hills like White Elephants” By Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway born in 1899‚ in Cicero‚ Illinois‚ served in World War 1‚ worked in journalism before publishing his story collection In Our Time. Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for writing four novels‚ The Sun Also Rises‚ A Farewell to Arms‚ For Whom the Bell Tolls‚ and The Old Man and the Sea‚ in 1954 he became a Nobel Prize winner. Hemingway was raised in the suburb of Chicago but he and his folks spent most of their time in Michigan. He
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Analysis of “Hills Like White Elephants” This essay will use new criticism to evaluate “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway in the areas of characters‚ symbolism‚ and conflict. I will mainly focus on two of the three characters. There will be many opportunities to comment on symbolism. Consideration will also be paid to the ongoing conflict between the American and the girl‚ sometimes referred to as Jig. The male protagonist is known only as the American in the story. He is
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In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway‚ a young girl struggles with the line between life and death and is caught in the midst of a life changing decision that will inevitably end the relationship between her and a man. As people we tend to over think and analyze every possible outcome or scenario when it comes to making an important decision that could potentially impact our entire future. The girl relates to this as the persistent acknowledgement of her unborn child
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Abortion in Hills like White Elephants Abortion has been an ongoing national debate that continues on daily not only in North America but other countries as well. Medically an abortion means to permanently end a pregnancy. In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” a couple are at a train station waiting for the next train to take a trip to get an abortion or “simple operation” ( Hemingway 201) as the man refers to it as in the story. The man is attempting to convince the young lady to get
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Hills Like White Elephants: Reaction Paper Throughout this school year‚ we analyzed and discussed several awesome poems‚ novels and stories. One that I particularly liked would have to be "Hill Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway. The first thing about it that caught my attention would have to be its title‚ "Hills like White Elephants’. To be honest‚ I really thought that it’ll be about some elephants in Africa or something but I was wrong. There were no elephants! The story is
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Drew Carter Hensley English 11 Honors 2nd Period Hills Like White Elephants Summary The story begins in a valley in northern Spain near the Ebro river at a train station surrounded by hills‚ fields‚ and trees. An American man and his girlfriend‚ who he calls ?Jig?‚ are waiting for a train coming from Barcelona in forty minutes that would stop at the station and go to Madrid. While waiting in the shade at a table outside the building‚ the two discuss what they will have to drink. The man points out
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range of associations beyond itself. In “Hills like White Elephants” an important symbol is the elephant. One way it is used is the term “white elephant”. A white elephant is a gift that is unwanted by the owner and the maintenance required is higher than the usefulness. Also there is another expression that involvles elephants‚ “the elephant in the room”. These interpetations of the word plays a part of being a symbol in the story. One reason why the term “white elephant” is used as a symbol is for
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Short Story Exam 1 In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants"‚ Ernest Hemingway explores the human transition of character from following to leading‚ depicting how life’s situations bring about a change in the way one makes decisions in life. Hemingway develops the thematic meaning through the two main characters‚ the man and the girl‚ in the setting‚ and in the use of symbolism. Thematic meaning begins to unfold through the two main characters. The first character
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The Themes of "Hills Like White Elephants" The theme of choices and consequences is expressed through the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" through the American and through Jig. The next theme is the theme of doubt and ambiguity which is sensed by the reader through both the American ’s doubts and Jig ’s doubts. The last is the theme of men and women in which Hemingway explores the way that men and women relate to each other. In "Hills Like White Elephants‚" Ernest Hemingway expresses three
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descriptive paragraphs. Reread the first paragraph very care fully after you finish the story. What’s the significance of the setting to the theme? And what role do the surroundings of the station play in the development of the theme? A: The white hills appear in the first paragraph are the most significance of setting to the theme with no doubt that we can notice from the title of this story. And the station "between two lines of rails"‚ seems the implication of two people standing face to face
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