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    The dictionary defines “white elephant” as “a property requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit.” (Merriam Webster) It is clear that anyone who has a white elephant in their lives wishes to be rid of it. “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is a story that describes the conflict that arises from a white elephant‚ in this case‚ an unborn child. The father of the child‚ the American‚ wishes for the mother of the child‚ Jig‚ to have an abortion. The ending does not specify

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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

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    “‘I shouldn’t ought let no stranger shoot my dog”’(61). Everyone wants a life with no regrets and Candy ends up regretting not killing his own best friend‚ instead of killing his dog he lets Carlson shoot him‚ and now he regrets it. The killing of Candy’s dog foreshadows the death of Lennie because the dog was shot in the back of the head like Lennie is‚ this quote is extremely important in the book because it is a statement that sticks with George especially when Lennie is being chased and Curley

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    Circus Elephant Animal Abuse Problem The day had come when little Timmy would finally get to go to the circus. He was so eager that he was the first one out of bed that morning. Too excited to even function‚ Timmy ran to his parents’ room and jumped on this parents shouting for them to get up. His parents moved sluggishly to the bathroom and got ready to go to the circus as Timmy chattered on about what animals they were going to see that day. Timmy was mostly excited to see his favorite animal

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    Indian Elephant Crisis The Indian elephant‚ scientific name being Elaphas Maximus‚ is one of the three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephants and is a native animal to the mainland of Asia. Since 1986‚ thee Elaphas Maximus has been listed as an endangered species by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as their population has slowly been declining and reaching an all-time low of a 50% decrease over the past three generations. Asian elephants are constantly being threatened

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    There are various aspects of the setting of the story “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway that contribute to the overall meaning of the work. One such example would be the railroad station in which the story takes place. Another piece of the setting includes the two parts of the valley across the tracks- a lush field full of life and a dry barren piece of land. A final detail would be the difference between the bright sun and the cool shade at the station. The most prominent feature

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    The two stories "Araby" and "Hills like White Elephant" have many points in common as well as differences. These stories deal with the realization of growing up or realization of the truth in sub-genre Love story.James Joyce’s “ Araby “is a tale about the disappointment of first love‚ he shows the maturing of a young boy into a man. Ernest Hemingway tells about a girl realizing the facts about her surroundings and herself. Then the reality of the character situations leads them both toward the end

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    White Elephants.” Our thesis was: Hemingway effectively portrays the socialized conflict between men and women’s gender roles through his use of dialogue. Illustrating the effect of socialized gender roles on identity through Jig’s reliance on the man to tell her how to be‚ as well as interpersonal communication by not being able to see each other’s point of view about the abortion. Amber and I got our ideas through research on EbscoHost. We looked up themes on “Hills Like White Elephants” and we

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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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    In the story “Hills like White Elephants” the vague dialogue conveys an allusive tone‚ in order to be represented correctly the author puts more emphasis in the character’s interaction with the setting. The setting is at a stopping point before their final destination. The dialogue mainly transpires throughout between the Girl and the American. This story is based around a vague dialogue‚ but is filled with the observations of the setting in order to express the pressure‚ significance‚ and opinions

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