sometimes be hard to figure out. It takes looking at what the story is about to figure it out. After reading “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway‚ I started to really think about what the theme of the story was. The author was very indirect about the theme. I think the theme was about love and loss. The story Ernest Hemingway told was about a couple that was struggling with the decision to have an abortion. The male character is reassuring the female that everything is going
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Santiago out. Though they are essentially enemies‚ the fishing line allows for a connection to be made between the two. This can be seen when Santiago says to the fish‚ “I love you and respect you very much I will kill you dead before the day ends” (Hemingway 54). Even though the fish has caused him pain‚ Santiago loves and respects the fight the marlin puts up. In the short amount of time that I have existed here on Earth‚ I have been unable to make such a connection. I have not found myself struggling
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Happy Life of Francis Macomber’’ revolves around the strained relationships between Francis Macomber and his flippant wife‚ as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives together‚ along with their strange hunting guide Robert Wilson. Ernest Hemingway sets the story in the rugged wilds of the African savannah‚ representing the vast and dangerous territory of the relationships between the characters. Francis Macomber is a rather mild mannered man‚ who is determined to shoot a lion in order to
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The novella The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway is filled with examples of archetypes or "universal representations". The story is clearly the quest plot type with Santiago as the Hero and Manolin the sidekick. As the hero Santiago encounters a temptress and a villain with the end result being a kind of great success. "The Quest"‚ one of the basic plot lines‚ is evident in The Old Man and The Sea. The hero and his sidekick travel in search of a valuable treasure overcoming all odds and great
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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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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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Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is an American veteran of World War I who lives and works in Paris as a newsman. Jake Barnes is the typical Hemingway Code Hero in this novel‚ but he does fail to meet certain aspects of the code. First‚ he is not a man in the traditional sense of the word. Due to a wound in WWI‚ he is essentially sexless. The Hemingway code hero indulges in all aspects of the word pleasure‚ mainly those of alcohol and women. Second‚ he breaks the Hemingway code by violating the trust
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Ernest Hemingway has written a short story that has all thinking. The short story‚ Hills like White Elephants can have many different viewpoints and they all seem to make sense! There are three main scenarios that fit the story‚ the girl will have the abortion and stay with the man‚ she’ll have the abortion and leave the man or she will not have the abortion and the man will stay with her (Hashmi 72). Hills like White Elephants is about an American man and a girl waiting at a train station that will
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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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