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    Hills Like White Elephants Hills Like White Elephants‚ by Ernest Hemingway‚ is a short story written in 1927. This story is set at a train station’s bar in Barcelona‚ Spain. The main topic of this short story is abortion. At the beginning of the story we meet the two main characters: Jig and the American. Throughout the story Jig and the American are discussing back and forth about whether Jig should get an abortion. Taking note that the American character seems to be a hardcore partier that

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    In Ernest Hemingway’s short storyHills Like White Elephants”‚ the narrator presents a brief description about the scene including the location‚ specific details and one of the character that is called the girl. This short story is about a girl that is trying to make a decision about an abortion and how she is manipulated by another character called the American to get this done. In this story the narrator let us know throw symbols which are the feelings of the girl when she think about this decision

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    Hills like white elephants "Hills like White Elephants is a story about an American man and a girl named Jig who has become pregnant.  It appears that their relationship was not a serious one.  They were traveling together and having a good time. But The pregnancy changed the relationship. The American man wants Jig to have an abortion.  Jig is either unsure that she wants the abortion or maybe she does not want the abortion but does not have the power to make this fully known to the man

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    M. Arquelita EGL 1020 “Uncertain Feelings” In Ernest Hemingway’s short storyHills like White Elephants”‚ a young couple was confronting the consequences of their innocent doings and find themselves in discussion of serious decisions. The historical setting of the story was based on the mid 1920’s at a train station in Spain on the Ebro River. The first character of the short story Hills Like White Elephants characterizes an American man drifting around Europe after the World War I. The American

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    "Hills like White Elephants" The most remarkable aspect of the short story "Hills Like White Elephants‚" written by Ernest Hemingway‚ is it ’s rich use of symbolism. The story is rather unique in that it does not have a complete plot line with an introduction leading to an expanded story. Neither are we left with a developed conclusion to the story. The main thrust centers around two characters having a quarrel about certain issues they disagree on. However‚ Hemingway leaves his reader in the dark

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    ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S "HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS" is‚ if taken literally‚ a story in which little actually "happens": a couple has drinks at a train station in Spain and argues about something rather vague. A useful approach to such an enigmatic text is to examine the very language of which it is made. The story is‚ after all‚ a textual artifact‚ one that historically has been subjected to intensely close reading. Yet a particular reading of this or any story is a phenomenon of processing linguistic

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    Hills Like White Elephants In a rail station‚ as the crossroads a life choice merge‚ the American and a girl have the necessary conversation that no one would like to discuss. Ernest Hemingway‚ in the storyHills Like White Elephants‚” describes the words between two people who have a different idea of how to deal with the girl’s pregnancy. The American man is attempting to convince Jig‚ the girl‚ to have an abortion‚ but the girl does not seem to have the same outlook as the story begins.

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    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 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. Through out the story‚ Hemingway uses metaphors to express the characters ’ opinions and feelings. Hills Like White Elephants displays the differences in the way a man and a woman view pregnancy and abortion. The woman looks

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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 Elephant in the Room The “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is an excerpt about a couple whom come to a crossroads when they discover they are expecting a baby and are contemplating having an abortion. The couple is at a train station surrounded by hills‚ fields‚ and trees in a valley in Spain. A man known as the American and a young girl sit at a table outside the station‚ waiting for a train to Madrid. The young girl says‚ “The hills look like white elephants.” When the young

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