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    even the smallest of details are important. This proves to be true due to analysis of the surroundings of the characters and how they react to them. In Ernest Hemingway’s short story "Hills Like White Elephants‚" the main conflict is a man who is trying to convince his female companion to have an abortion but the girl is resistant to the whole idea. Between the description of the couple’s surroundings‚ their dialogue‚ and how they react to the setting‚ Hemingway manages to clearly depict the complexity

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    Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway wrote the work “Hills Like White Elephants”. His story is about abortion although within the text‚ the word abortion is nowhere to be found. The reason why Ernest Hemingway portrayed abortion the way he did was because in 1927‚ abortion was something that nobody really talked about. It was a something that would be looked down upon. So he writes “Hills Like White Elephants” with multiple metaphors to mask the idea of abortion. Not one time does the

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    In the story “Hills like White Elephants” the vague dialogue conveys an allusive tone‚ in order to be represented correctly the author puts more emphasis in the character’s interaction with the setting. The setting is at a stopping point before their final destination. The dialogue mainly transpires throughout between the Girl and the American. This story is based around a vague dialogue‚ but is filled with the observations of the setting in order to express the pressure‚ significance‚ and opinions

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    modern version of “Hills like White Elephants” may be a better video for today’s viewers the traditional version is more superior to Hemingway’s subtext because both the man and girl have different viewpoints‚ jig wants to make the choice for herself ‚ and throughout the whole video there are hints of the man leaving the girl behind. When the couple is sitting at the table in the station‚ the man brings up many promises about this operation during the conversation which the girl clearly states “how

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    Character Analysis of “Hills like White Elephants” This short story was written by Earnest Hemingway. It involves an American man and his girlfriend. The story takes place at a train station somewhere in Spain. It is hot and it appears that they have been traveling awhile and are approaching the end of their travels. The story entails a conversation that the couple is having regarding the future of their apparent pregnancy and their relationship. The characterizations of the couple are made

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    Hemingway’s Use of Implication in “Hills Like White Elephants.” In the early 1920’s‚ editors ignored Hemmingway’s story “Hills Like White Elephants” because‚ they felt it was not what the public wanted. Not until the 1990’s did it become one of Ernest Hemmingway’s most anthologized short stories. “Hills Like White Elephants” has a single storyline and it takes place in a single day. The male character “Man” appears to mirror Hemmingway’s own life with his not so wise way of handling difficult situations

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    Elizabeth Delaney Prominent Symbols In Hills Like White Elephants: White Elephants‚ The Bead Curtain‚ and Alcohol In most works of literature not everything is what it seems. An image‚ character‚ item‚ or act that has prominence in the story is called a symbol. Symbols go beyond their literal meaning and purpose. Some symbols universally represent similar things‚ but they can also be literary symbols‚ which are specific to the text.  In The Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway‚ a couple has

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    the Ernest Hemingway short story‚ Hills Like White Elephants‚ Hemingway uses a narrative voice as an eavesdropper and uses indirect characterization like dialogue to portray a serious conversation on abortion. Instead of providing a backstory‚ including motives and emotion of the characters‚ Hemingway puts the reader in the role of eavesdropper to the couple’s conversation. The setting is in the 1920’s at a train station. The man‚ the American‚ and the young girl‚ Jig‚ have a discussion about a

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    In “Hills like White Elephants” the story symbolizes about an abortion. But‚ how does the story show the word ‘abortion’? How does the man and woman use it in dialogue? How does Hemingway imply the word abortion‚ with using different abstract words to describe it? Ernest Hemingway does not even mention about the word ‘abortion’. He simply uses symbolism to enforce the idea to the reader that this couple is talking about getting an abortion. He uses the way of metaphor of fate in the couple’s conversation;

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    Landscapes in “Hills Like White Elephants” Readers engaging in Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” for their first time understand it as a normal conversation between a couple who is waiting for a train‚ but in reality it is a melodramatic conversation between the two about having a abortion and going their separate ways. Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills like White Elephants” begins with a drawn out depiction of the story’s setting in a train station bounded by hills‚ trees‚ and fields

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