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    The girl who goes by the name of Jig‚ in the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway‚ is a very indecisive character‚ which delineates the constant battle between choosing to listen to your heart or mind. Main points: 1. Jig is willing to go through with the operation at the beginning of the story. Evidence: She has obviously discussed the “operation” with the man she is with before‚ and seems to believe it will fix things between them. An excerpt from the story reads:

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    Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants” is about a young couple discussing the decision of getting an abortion. Hemingway does not exactly state in the story that that is what they are talking about‚ but his use of figurative language helps you connect the dots. The story takes place outside a bar at a train station in Barcelona. The couple is there waiting for the train to take them to Madrid. There are many opinions about the story and how the scenery plays a huge role in giving the

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    Hills like white elephants Hills Like White Elephants‚ written by Ernest Hemingway‚ is a story that takes place in Spain while a man and woman wait for a train. The man referred to as the American and the girl “Jig”. The story is set up as a dialogue between the two‚ in which the man is trying to convince the woman to do something she is hesitant in doing. Throughout the story‚ Hemingway uses metaphors to express the characters opinions and feelings. Hills Like White Elephants displays the

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    The Simple Operation Ernest Hemingway’s short story "Hills Like White Elephants" is a story about a couple who are having some trouble in their relationship. The main characters in the story are an American man and a girl. The whole story is mostly a dialogue between the couple. They are trying to have a fine time‚ but there is a tension between them and some kind of operation needs to be done. The operation can easily be done and if it’s going to happen it will be done on the girl. In the story

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    Abraham Lee Lee 1 10/29/08 English III Pd. 1 Mr. Feinstein Hills like White Elephants By Ernest Hemingway The author‚ Ernest Hemingway’s‚ “Hills like White Elephants” uses setting to reveal his authorial attitude. Hemingway uses the background of a train station in Spain as a symbolic backdrop to his tale about a man he portrays as selfish‚ self-indulgent‚ and unconcerned about his partner’s best course of action. He uses obvious symbols such as a fertile river to demonstrate

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    of Iceberg Theory in Earnest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” “If a writer of prose knows enough of what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader…will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the writer had stated them” [Earnest Hemingway]. That is the reason why Hemingway applies the “Iceberg Theory” in most of his works‚ which results in a strong connection between the writer and his readers. In “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ such theory is well utilized

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    Essay on “The Hills Have White Elephants” The hills of white elephants have brought along many problems for Jib. The thought of having a child is a hard topic to think about‚ especially‚ but even more so when isn’t planned. There will be arguments and issues with any ordinary couple‚ but these two try to figure out a way besides fighting. Love is always a difficult subject to explore but talking about it is only half the problem. Things can get so messed up‚ lost in the translation when you’re trying

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    Response Paper: “Hills Like White Elephants” Hemingway’s way of writing is to make his readers think outside the box and to make them go back and figure out why and how certain situations occur. The Hills Like White Elephants symbolizes the lives of Jig and the American‚ where they’ve been and where they’re going. What the future holds for them if they do keep the baby and what will happen if they don’t. He talks about how the hills in the story predicts her decision‚ how Jig sees the setting of

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    Shadow of Signal Hill Signal Hill is a strikingly shaped hill or small peak overlooking the harbour of Cape Town. It has been used as a lookout post since the early days of the Cape colony. From it‚ the viewer can see Robben Island‚ the bare scar where the suburb of District Si stood before its occupants were evicted and its buildings demolished and Langa‚ a black township on the outskirts of suburban Cape Town. The overall significance of the title of the poem is that “Signal Hill” represents

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    Ernest Hemingway’s impersonal objective narrative style is best exhibited in his short story‚ "Hills Like White Elephants"‚ which describes a young girl and her older American boyfriend discussing whether or not she should have an abortion. Hemingway never explicitly uses the word abortion‚ but instead relies on the description and details of the setting to convey an idea of this weighty decision. It is his use of imagery‚ symbols‚ and dialogue that makes his minimalist technique most effective in

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