Hills Like White Elephants “No American writer of his generation has been more talked about than Ernest Hemingway (Adams).” Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 and is viewed as one of the most famous writers of his generation. Upon graduating high school in 1917‚ he worked as a newspaper reporter (Pike and Costa‚ 444). He then went to Italy and became a volunteer ambulance driver (Pike and Costa‚ 444). Hemingway finally settled in Paris in 1922‚ where he wrote the stories
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The short story “Hills Like White Elephants” present the readers with a variety of themes. With an array of themes to interrupt the most common theme of the short story written by Ernest Hemingway‚ is choices and consequences. Choices and consequences is the main theme that most readers seem to miss due to the lack of the understanding of the writing style of Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway writing style is unusual from many writers because unlike most writes the meaning of the story is not given away
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WC: 754 Title: Sacred Moments Close interpretation of the story "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway leads the reader to an issue that has plagued society for decades. Understanding of the human condition is unveiled in the story line‚ the main setting‚ and through the character representation. The main characters in the story are an American man and a female named Jig. The conflict about abortions is an issue that still faces society today. Architectural and atmospheric symbolisms
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Hemingway’s short story‚ “Hills Like White Elephants‚” has realistic‚ modernist‚ and postmodern elements. A conversation on a train system between two individuals‚ primarily about something while drinking beer while discussing the scenery around them is realistic. A great example of the type of dialogue and description is‚ “‘What should we drink?’ the girl asked. She had taken off her hat and put it on the table‚” (Hemingway 1). This type of writing is not overly descriptive of everything. Such as
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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
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In an analysis of the story “Hills like white elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway‚ one is forced to take a deep look at the hidden meanings embedded in the story. Considering the point of view‚ the significance of the location and its relevance to the story‚ the structure of the text‚ the symbolic meaning of the two landscapes and the title of the story‚ the entrails of the story are exposed. Hemmingway’s story is written in an objective or dramatic point of view. The story is told primarily through
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In “Hills like White Elephants” the story symbolizes about an abortion. But‚ how does the story show the word ‘abortion’? How does the man and woman use it in dialogue? How does Hemingway imply the word abortion‚ with using different abstract words to describe it? Ernest Hemingway does not even mention about the word ‘abortion’. He simply uses symbolism to enforce the idea to the reader that this couple is talking about getting an abortion. He uses the way of metaphor of fate in the couple’s conversation;
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Ernest Hemingway’s short story‚ "Hills Like White Elephants‚" involves a couple faced with a serious dilemma. The female character‚ Jig‚ is pregnant. Her lover encourages her to get an abortion‚ but she has second thoughts. By the end of the story‚ it is evident that Jig does not go through with the procedure and decides to keep the baby. In the story‚ Jig and her lover‚ known as the American‚ are at a train station having some drinks. The railroad runs through a valley with hills. On one side of the
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“Hills Like White Elephants” was written by Ernest Hemingway‚ and was included in his 1927 story collection‚ Men Without Women. This particular short story takes place outside of a train station at a bar‚ where its protagonists are waiting for a train to Madrid. The subject of the story and the interaction between the two relates to abortion‚ the overriding theme links to a more overarching subject‚ that of male – female relationships‚ the inequality that often exists between them and the emotional
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Ernest Hemingway’s story "Hills Like White Elephants" revolves around a conversation with a man and a girl at a train station while they are waiting for their next train. The man and girl fall in love and they travel unchaperoned. The girl compares the nearby hills to white elephants. The pair indirectly discusses an operation that is inferred to be an abortion. It’s illegal‚ so girl will find someone from the street to do‚ thereby endangering her life and future fertility. The story describes a couple
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