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    The theme is about two couples would have been traveled around (crossroad) the Europe during the World War 1. The author did not notify to the readers if they were married or not‚ but it is an assumption that they ought to be couples. The title has a significant meaning; it says Hills dealing with the green pasture‚ and happiness. While the white elephant signify something that is hard to get rid of even though it seems priceless‚ it could mean an object that becomes a problem to the person who received

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    you are becoming more educated on a topic that interested you. Finding out new perspectives and different ideas on a concept could force you to form a new unique opinion. In Ernest Hemingway’s short storyHills like White Elephants” and Kincaid’s

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    "Good Man" with "Hills" Currently‚ a plethora of outstanding stories have been written. What makes a story‚ though? The answer is the elements that the author includes into his or her writing‚ such as symbolism and imagery. "Hills like White Elephants‚" written by Ernest Hemingway‚ and "A Good Man is Hard to Find‚" written by Flannery O’Connor‚ are just two examples of admirable work. Each writer incorporated plenty of elements to improve the story. Since the amount of elements is limited‚

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    Ernest Hemingway’s "Hill’s Like White Elephants" consists mostly of a dialogue between a pregnant girl and her husband‚ who would like her to have an abortion. The story defines a two-part theme. The first is a commentary about the way selfishness can corrupt a relationship. The second comments on life and what it means to bear life. This story is developed in a short period of time by Hemingway’s use of two central elements‚ character and setting. Though the setting is heavily symbolic‚ and characters

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    interpretation of ”Elephant” When all hopes and dreams are abandoned from our lives‚ the only thing we can do is taking advantage of others lives and make it our own. A life well planned can cost us our freedom and our ability to make decisions which are radically different from our previous ones. When desire‚ lust and romance have been deselected and ”the normal life” has taken its place. These obstacles are what William meets and sooner confronts in the short story by Polly Clark called ”Elephant”. The

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    of writing and expressing literature. Hills like White Elephants by Hemingway‚ A&P by Updike and Hell-Heaven by Lahiri were no exception. In this essay I will begin by showing the similarities and differences between Hills like White Elephants and A&P followed by Hell-Heaven and A&P and finally similarities and differences of Hell-heaven and Hills like White Elephant. Hills like White Elephants and A&P are very different from each other. Both of these stories are being told from different prospective

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    From what I understand‚ Jig is a pregnant girl who is in a great dilemma with an American man. "It’‚ is the termination or the continuation of Jig’s pregnancy. The white elephants are a symbol of Jig’s pregnancy. When researched "white elephants" are an unwanted possession that is difficult to get rid of. Fitting. As for the train station it symbolizes an end to their choice. Each time the train station worker came to remind them about how much time was left until the train arrived symbolized a countdown

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    so much depth between the lines. The short story is about a couple that is at a train station bar that is anything but normal‚ something that could change their lives forever. In “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway‚ he conveys a story that seems about something small‚ but it has so much effect in it. Hemingway uses repetition to emphasize certain words‚ the use of extended metaphors to avoid the big idea‚ and symbolism to craft a dialogue based story that is so much more than it seems

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    Women can become overpowered by the men they love because they fear of losing them. In the two storiesHills Like White Elephants” and “Women Hollering Creek” it portrays how two women become conflicted in their love life’s. Jig who finds out she is pregnant with her lover’s baby is conflicted on what the future should hold. Jig wants nothing more than to have a family‚ but her lover doesn’t see eye to eye with her. He suggests that Jig have an abortion to terminate the baby. "It’s really an awfully

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    In the storyHills Like White Elephants” there are two main characters the American and Jig. The story takes place at a train station in 1927 in Spain. Jig is a young girl dealing with a woman’s choice. Although the word abortion is never used in the story‚ the reader is lead to that conclusion through the use of symbolism. There are many different ways in the story that are symbolically used to describe the abortion. For example‚ while drinking beer‚ Jig looks off at the line of hills and says

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