Hemingway wrote his short story‚ “Hills Like White Elephants” according to the iceberg theory. In the story‚ a couple is discussing an unknown operation in which they have different opinions on. Hemingway doesn’t come right out and say what the operation is because he believed the deeper meaning of the story should not be evident on the surface‚ but instead shine through implicitly. By analyzing the setting‚ a reader can come to the conclusion that “Hills like White Elephants” is about a couple’s decision
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Hills Like White Elephants: Jig Everyday people make decisions that affect their future lives. Do people make the right decisions? What makes a decision a right one? What may be right to some‚ may be wrong to others. There are no right or wrong decisions but those that people choose and believe to be right varying from each individual. In Hemingway’s realistic story‚ Hills Like White Elephants‚ Jig attempts to make a crucial change in her life by making the right decision‚ but is unable
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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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The couple in Ernest Hemingway’s "Hills Like White Elephants" faces a difficult situation‚ how to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. To further complicate the issue‚ it’s pretty clear that one partner wants to settle down and have the baby‚ while the other partner doesn’t. What we see in the story is a discussion of the matter in a train. Written in 1927 when sex education and discussion of birth control were federal crimes in the U.S.‚ the story also comments on what little was known about reproductive
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Journal Two: Identifying Conflict in Two Texts. Brenda Oliver ENG125: Introduction to Literature Professor Victoria Schmidt November 30‚ 2014 In The Hills Like White Elephants (Hemingway‚ 1927)‚ the specific conflicts are Individual versus Individual and Individual versus self. The American is trying to convince the girl to get an abortion and the girl is battling with herself on whether she wants the abortion and if she thinks it is right .I think these conflicts are significant to
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Moving to the Girl’s Side of “Hills like White Elephants” Stanley Renner In his article “Moving to the Girls Side of “Hills like White Elephants””‚ published in 1995‚ Renner discusses an alternative conclusion that can be made through analyzing “Hills”. He believes that most critics have not paid enough “attention to the development of the female character” (27). Also‚ he suggests that Jig has been “underestimated considerably” (27). It is clear that a decision has been made by the end
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Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” portrays the turmoil a couple endures when faced with an unplanned pregnancy‚ the choice to hold onto their current life or to begin a new life. Readers are allowed to intrude on a conversation between an American man and a girl‚ further conflict is presented through Hemingway’s use of symbolism. The man wants to go through with an abortion while the girl is unsure about which track she should take. Throughout the story‚ Hemmingway’s use of abundant
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The Hills of Dynamics between Men and Women Men and women talk in different ways. No matter whether it is today or a century ago‚ men and women just have different ways of communication. Language may have changed but the feeling and dynamics behind it has not. In Ernest Hemingway’s short story‚ "Hills Like White Elephants"‚ the language and how the two characters talk to each other is a prime example of the way men and women talk. Hemingway’s use of dialogue between the American man and Jig in “Hills
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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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In many ways‚ this story is told by a woman very much like Jig. In the end‚ both of these women have abortions‚ but it is clear that their hearts are heavy about the decision. Although Hills Like White Elephants tells about Jig prior to the abortion‚ one can pretty well speculate that Brooks’ The Mother aptly describes the sentiments that Jig is likely to feel in the future about her choice. The Mother is essentially a sad remembrance‚ and one can imagine the speaker of this story to be sitting
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