"Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway‚ opens with a long description of the story’s setting in a train station surrounded by hills‚ fields‚ and trees in a valley in Spain. A man known simply as the American and his girlfriend sit at a table outside the station‚ waiting for a train to Madrid. As they are waiting for their train to come‚ they are drinking beer arguing about some "operation" that the American man wants to get. Although they don’t specify exactly what the operation means the
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From a feminist point of view‚ Ernest Hemingway’s "Hills Like White Elephants" uses a plethora of symbols to convey the idea that a young girl named Jig is a typical woman dealing with a woman’s choice. Although the word abortion is never used in the story‚ the reader is lead to that conclusion through the use of symbolism. The story begins with Jig and her American boyfriend waiting for a train in the valley of Ebro‚ a symbolic use of the word "Embryo". In addition‚ the valley of Ebro has a river
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Hills like elephants The short story "Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway has a lot to do with making decision in a relationship. The story shows problems within a relationship and a lack of communication between a couple. Throughout the story‚ the couple is trying to argue about having an abortion. The couple has different mindset than each other‚ because of which they don’t agree with each other. The hills symbolize two different situations that the pregnant girl is faced with. Both
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“Hills Like White Elephants” Analysis Ernest Hemingway’s‚ “Iceberg Theory”‚ states‚ “If a writer of prose knows enough of what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader‚ if the writer is writing truly enough‚ will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the writer had stated them. The dignity of movement of an ice-berg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water. A writer who omits things because he does not know them only makes hollow places in his writing
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“Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is a short story about a man known as the American and a girl named Jig who are a couple. Both are at a train station in Barcelona surrounded by hills waiting for the train to take them to Madrid. The weather was warm and the couple sat outside the station at a bar to order beer. All of a sudden Jig looks at the landscape and says that the hills look like white elephants to which the American man answers that he has never seen one. After the first
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Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” and David [Foster] Wallace’s “Good People”‚ both authors make the character’s speak and act ambiguously and use symbols and motifs in the story to influence the character’s decision about having an abortion or not. For example‚ the American in “Hills Like White Elephants” repeatedly says to the girl “if you don’t want to you don’t have to” implying that he doesn’t want her to and he’s being manipulative. I believe Hemingway is trying to say that communication is important
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“Hills Like White Elephants” Essay Relationships During the 1920’s “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ a short story by Ernest Hemingway‚ presents many interesting insights into relationships between men and women from the era when it was written. During the 1920’s‚ an era referred to as the Roarin’ Twenties‚ women were slowly progressing out from their stereotypical household roles to lives of entertainment and partying. In this short story‚ Hemingway’s characters reveal the lingering differences
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Elizabeth Delaney Prominent Symbols In Hills Like White Elephants: White Elephants‚ The Bead Curtain‚ and Alcohol In most works of literature not everything is what it seems. An image‚ character‚ item‚ or act that has prominence in the story is called a symbol. Symbols go beyond their literal meaning and purpose. Some symbols universally represent similar things‚ but they can also be literary symbols‚ which are specific to the text. In The Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway‚ a couple has
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HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS: A TRANSITIVITY ANALYSIS (erckspdr.) INTRODUCTION Human beings can communicate with each other. We are able to exchange knowledge‚ beliefs‚ opinions‚ wishes‚ threats‚ commands‚ thanks‚ promises‚ declarations‚ and feelings – only our imagination sets limits. We can laugh to express amusement‚ happiness‚ or disrespect‚ we can smile to express amusement‚ pleasure‚ approval‚ or bitter feelings‚ we can shriek to express anger‚ excitement‚ or fear‚ we can
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symbolism in “Hills like White Elephants” In the short story “Hills like White Elephants” Hemingway chooses to use symbolism the most out of any other literary element. Hemingway did not make the use of symbolism obvious‚ without understanding the symbolism one would assume the couple is actually discussing the scenery. In the short story “Hills like White Elephants” the element of symbolism is used to mask the serious discussion that the man and woman are having at the train station. The hills in the
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