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    decisions that individuals’ like the two main characters in Ernest Hemingway’s‚ Hills Like White Elephants‚ have to make. He uses symbolism to describe the two main characters decision that will either change their life forever or to remain the same. In his short story‚ “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ Ernest Hemingway uses symbolism in the Title‚ the Train‚ and the Repetition of the Word ‘two.’ The first example of symbolism made know in the short story “Hills like White Elephants‚” is the title. Throughout

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    HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS 1 The Theme and Narrative Elements of “Hills like White Elephants”. Ashley Terreforte Introduction to Literature Instructor: Danielle Slaughter April 1st‚ 2013 HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS 2 For this paper I have chosen to discuss the theme and narrative elements of the short story “Hills like White Elephants”. In the short story “The Hills like White Elephants”‚ just at

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    Silvana Yacoub Dr. Kenefick ENC-1102-69734 June 4‚ 2015 Hills like White Elephants Although “Hills like White Elephants” is primarily a conversation between the American man and his girlfriend‚ neither of the speakers truly communicates with the other. Both talk‚ but neither listens or understands the other’s point of view. The American man wants to convince his girlfriend to have the operation‚ which‚ although never mentioned by name‚ is understood to be an abortion. The girl at one point

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    Hills Like White ElephantsHills Like White Elephants” is a short story filled with what seems to be meaningless dialogue‚ but beneath the surface of the text there are ample illustrations of Hemingway’s creative symbols. Ernest Hemingway is an important American fiction writer who started his career around 1920 and won a Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. Before serving in World War I he wrote articles for a newspaper in Kansas City. Hemingway published his first book after briefly returning

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    ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S "HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS" is‚ if taken literally‚ a story in which little actually "happens": a couple has drinks at a train station in Spain and argues about something rather vague. A useful approach to such an enigmatic text is to examine the very language of which it is made. The story is‚ after all‚ a textual artifact‚ one that historically has been subjected to intensely close reading. Yet a particular reading of this or any story is a phenomenon of processing linguistic

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    Hills Like White Elephants‚ written by Ernest Hemingway‚ is a story that takes place in Spain while a man and woman wait for a train. The story is set up as a dialogue between the two‚ in which the man is trying to convince the woman to do something she is hesitant in doing. Through out the story‚ Hemingway uses metaphors to express the characters ’ opinions and feelings. Hills Like White Elephants displays the differences in the way a man and a woman view pregnancy and abortion. The woman looks

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    Courage in Hills Like White Elephants The short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is about an American man and a girl who goes by Jig. The two are waiting in a train station between Barcelona and Madrid. As the couple waits‚ they go and get some drinks while they designate an important decision; whether or not they should get an abortion. In the story an ‘abortion’ is never mentioned directly so it allows the readers thoughts to linger on symbolism. Courage is a theme that is

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    Hills like white elephants Hills Like White Elephants‚ written by Ernest Hemingway‚ is a story that takes place in Spain while a man and woman wait for a train. The man referred to as the American and the girl “Jig”. The story is set up as a dialogue between the two‚ in which the man is trying to convince the woman to do something she is hesitant in doing. Throughout the story‚ Hemingway uses metaphors to express the characters opinions and feelings. Hills Like White Elephants displays the

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    In Hemingway ’s "Hills Like White Elephants"‚ he utilizes the audience in understanding the substance of his plot. He takes on a sense of truth by putting an intense amount of dialogue‚ thus giving a realistic type of writing. Through the usage of dialogue between the couple‚ it shows the depth of expectations. The audience must rely and fall back upon their own personal experience in order to interpret the conversation/plot. The correlation with nature plays into the language and the action of how

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    Hills like white elephants Hills like white elephants‚ is a short story about a couple trying to make a big decision together. It is apparent that the girl is pregnant. The argument they are struggling with is whether or not for her to have an abortion. The man is on the side that she should have the operation; she has not yet made up her mind. I strongly feel that the girl “jig” is thinking of keeping the baby but is not sure if her relationship with withstand the pressures of parenthood. In this

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