The topic of "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway continues to be a hot button issue‚ even 90 years after the story’s publication. Though not as scandalous as it must have been in 1927‚ it remains the subject of great debate. In this short story‚ two lovers are awaiting a train that will whisk them away to Madrid for the purpose of an abortion. Even though the decision was made before arriving at the station‚ they continue to debate whether she will go through with it. The man’s persuasive
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considered Ernest Hemingway to be a controversial author during his time because most of his stories conveyed messages that were not normally household discussion topics. In Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants” he describes the setting and then leaves the story to be explained through the dialogue of the main characters‚ the American man and a young lady who the reader is lead to believe is the man’s girlfriend. By giving the reader as little information as possible‚ Ernest Hemingway created
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Jazlyn Ross Professor Szpila English 110 12 July 2012 Analysis of Hills like White elephants In Hills like White elephants by Ernest Hemingway it’s not about what is on the page it’s about what not actually on the page. What I mean by this is in this short story in order to fully comprehend what is truly going on you must read between the lines. The crazy thing about reading between the lines is the whole story is in dialogue‚ and the short story is about what it not said. The whole
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Hills like White Elephants “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ composed by Ernest Hemingway‚ is a story that happens in a bar at the train station in Northern Spain railroad. The story is essentially a discussion between the American man and his Girlfriend‚ in which the man is attempting to persuade the ladies to do something she is reluctant in doing. Throughout the story‚ Hemingway appears to sympathize with the young lady who is constantly controlled by the man she is with‚ the stressed dialog in the
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Ernest Hemingway and his White Elephants Within his short story‚ Hills like White Elephants‚ Ernest Hemingway exemplifies a mode of unique‚ plotless literature that serves the sole purpose of conveying a message without literally mentioning it. Through his blunt conciseness‚ Hemingway demands the piece to be read between the lines and symbolically rather than literally. This Lost Generation‚ American author who found refuge within the depths of Europe utilized his experience with controversial
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The short story “Hills Like White Elephants” is about a couple that is located in Spain.They are having beer in front of a train station to take the train to Barcelona to Madrid.Throughout the story they argue about whether having the baby or having an abortion which is referenced as a surgery.The boyfriend doesn’t want her to have the baby he tells her that the surgery will be perfectly simple.He tries to persuade her that he knows a lot of people that have done the procedure.He thinks it’s the
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In his short story “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ Ernest Hemingway brings the reader to a train station somewhere between Barcelona and Madrid. An American and a girl are having an argument that could be seen as trivial on the surface‚ but is actually a painful discussion about aborting their child. The much older American tries to persuade the young girl to give the baby up in hopes that he might be able to leave her without any obligations left behind‚ but she seems to want to keep the child and
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Written in the form of a simple dialogue‚ Ernest Hemingway’s‚ "Hills Like White Elephants" leads to simple understandings as well as profound questions. Hemingway uses a very pure form of objective view point to depict a conversation between a couple. His use of objective view point causes the reader to feel as though they are perhaps sitting at a table near the couple. The objective point of view shows only external happenings and does not delve into the characters‚ thus one can see it as a very
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In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ Ernest Hemingway writes about a young girl‚ Jig‚ and a man‚ also known as “the American”‚ who find themselves in a very complicated situation. In the story‚ the young girl is pregnant with “the American’s” child and he is trying to convince her to have the simple operation that will rid them of the only thing that is harming their happiness. Throughout the writing it seems as if Jig is somewhat hesitant to go through with the operation and the man
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one of the hardest things to do. In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ he shows the difficult decision some families must make with their child‚ abortion‚ through the symbolism of the hills “looking like white elephants” and also the that woman drinking alcohol although she is pregnant. To understand the symbolism of the comparison of the hills and the white elephant‚ the reader has to understand what a white elephant is. A white elephant is something that no one wants‚ something
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