actually quite significant. Additionally‚ the setting is rather unique because it is a contributing factor in the comprehension of this intriguing short story. Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” is a mysterious short story that initially has an unclear message‚ but once the setting
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Misleading Image of the Girl in “Hills Like White Elephants” In Ernest Hemingway’s short story‚ “Hills Like White Elephants‚” the male character serves as an obvious antagonist‚ shown by his unsympathetic behavior towards his lover who contemplates having an abortion. The girl is faced with two choices – to protect their relationship by having an abortion‚ or keep her baby‚ but have the man leave her. Though the operation is physically done to her body‚ the girl does not have much power in the
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descriptive paragraphs. Reread the first paragraph very care fully after you finish the story. What’s the significance of the setting to the theme? And what role do the surroundings of the station play in the development of the theme? A: The white hills appear in the first paragraph are the most significance of setting to the theme with no doubt that we can notice from the title of this story. And the station "between two lines of rails"‚ seems the implication of two people standing face to face
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The poem that I have chosen to talk about is called the hills like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway. The setting takes place in the early 1920s where an American man and a girl are waiting at railway station so that they can take an express train and travel to Madrid. The author expresses in the poem how it is summer hot day in Madrid that correlates with “were white in the sun.” The author does not give the readers enough information about the “operation” nor the relationship between the American
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In this short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway‚ focuses on a couples struggle to communicate and finding common ground which leads to a crisis point in their relationship. This story sets place in Spain where a woman named Jig and the American man are seated outside of a bar near a railroad junction. The couple starts out by having a few beers and discussing a problem they are facing in their relationship‚ as the conversation continues between the two‚ you can see that the couple
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Pleads for an Operation‚ not an Obligation Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” sprays bullets of emotion through the reader’s head and heart. It is hard to ignore the insincerity of the American’s persistent pleads for the mother of his child‚ Jig‚ to schedule an abortion. It is quite a challenge to not root against the man‚ as he can be seen by many as the clear antagonist. For such dark schematics‚ the bearer of the child provides a positive energy for the audience with her apparent
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“The Hills Like White Elephants” As I started to read through the poem I felt like I easily understood the setting. It was very easy for me to picture this man and woman having a conversation and sharing drinks. I did not easily understand what the subject of their conversation was the first time I read through the poem but I did recognize it was affecting the young girl named Jig. I first realized something was going on when the man kept repeating that everything will be okay and he kept repeating
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story. Also‚ since the people talking in the conversation might not tell the full story‚ the person listening might not get to know how the end of their conversation went‚ but if they are lucky‚ they might. The narrator in the short story “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ by Ernest Hemingway‚ was not so lucky and didn’t find out the ending‚ or many details of what the couple was disgusting. The story just ended with the woman saying “There’s nothing wrong with me. I’m fine”
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"Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway‚ opens with a long description of the story’s setting in a train station surrounded by hills‚ fields‚ and trees in a valley in Spain. A man known simply as the American and his girlfriend sit at a table outside the station‚ waiting for a train to Madrid. As they are waiting for their train to come‚ they are drinking beer arguing about some "operation" that the American man wants to get. Although they don’t specify exactly what the operation means the
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ig‚ the protagonist and one of the main characters of “hills like white elephants” is who I have chosen to analyses and illustrate. In the start of the story jig is initially referred to as “the girl” with this statement we know she must be younger. Especially since the waitress is referred to as “a woman”. Her travel companion “the man” or latter in the story” the American” as she so lovingly calls him thru out the poem. Her character reflects the use of the word girl instead of woman. This is the
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