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    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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    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 White Elephants Intro and Thesis The short story “HIlls Like Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway opens on a train station in Spain during the roaring 20’s with a man referred to as the “American man” and a girl who is believed to be his girlfriend that is referred to as “Jig.” In “Hills Like White ElephantsHemingway uses a unique method of writing that is called the “Iceberg Method.” The Iceberg Method is a technique of symbolism which is meant to makes the reader analyze and interpret

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    Prompt 2 In Ernest 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

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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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    be true due to analysis of the surroundings of the characters and how they react to them. In Ernest Hemingway’s short story "Hills Like White Elephants‚" the main conflict is a man who is trying to convince his female companion to have an abortion but the girl is resistant to the whole idea. Between the description of the couple’s surroundings‚ their dialogue‚ and how they react to the setting‚ Hemingway manages to clearly depict the complexity of the situation and the two different points of view

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    William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway are two of the most aggressively competitive authors in history‚ and trade literary blows through their correspondence. The most famous of these exchanges began when Faulkner was attempting to praise Hemingway’s bravery saying‚ “[Hemingway] has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.” As per usual‚ Hemingway took this as a personal attack against his writing and responded with the retort‚ “Poor Faulkner. Does he really think

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    I found reading “Hills Like White Elephants” to be very challenging. I thought it was confusing and hard to understand. I personally did not like the reading. After reading the short story the first time I was lost and I did not understand what was happening in it. The second time I read it I understood it a little bit better. The white elephants are something of little to no value. I think that the train is a one-way operation and there is no stopping. I that the man wants to go‚ but the girl does

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    The main theme in “Hills Like White Elephants” is the subject of decision making‚ one that can change your life forever. In this piece‚ there is a conversation between a pregnant woman named Jig‚ and her partner‚ the American. They arrive at a bar near a train junction and order some beers‚ as they wait‚ Jig looks out over the hills and sees the clouds‚ she compares them to white elephants. This topic of conversation seems to arise because there seems to be a tension between the couple‚ which

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    Comparing “The Lottery” and “Hills Like White Elephants” “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson is a story based off of its point of view‚ the story would not be told or understood in the same way if it was written in a different point of view. This story keeps the interest of it’s readers because it has a point of view where only the people in the story know whats going to happen and know more information than the readers do. If this story was written in first person the readers would know

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