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    Hills Like White ElephantsHills Like White Elephants” is a short story filled with what seems to be meaningless dialogue‚ but beneath the surface of the text there are ample illustrations of Hemingway’s creative symbols. Ernest Hemingway is an important American fiction writer who started his career around 1920 and won a Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. Before serving in World War I he wrote articles for a newspaper in Kansas City. Hemingway published his first book after briefly returning

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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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    Silvana Yacoub Dr. Kenefick ENC-1102-69734 June 4‚ 2015 Hills like White Elephants Although “Hills like White Elephants” is primarily a conversation between the American man and his girlfriend‚ neither of the speakers truly communicates with the other. Both talk‚ but neither listens or understands the other’s point of view. The American man wants to convince his girlfriend to have the operation‚ which‚ although never mentioned by name‚ is understood to be an abortion. The girl at one point

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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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    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 expressing the real moral and importance of this story. Imagery is one

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    Courage in Hills Like White Elephants The short storyHills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is about an American man and a girl who goes by Jig. The two are waiting in a train station between Barcelona and Madrid. As the couple waits‚ they go and get some drinks while they designate an important decision; whether or not they should get an abortion. In the story an ‘abortion’ is never mentioned directly so it allows the readers thoughts to linger on symbolism. Courage is a theme that is

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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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    "Hills like White Elephants"‚ written by Ernest Hemingway is not a story in the classical sense with an introduction‚ a development‚ and an end. Instead the reader must conclude the meaning of the story from a conversation between a couple‚ a girl and her American boyfriend. Conflict is created through conversation as these characters face the obstacle of an unexpected pregnancy. Their situation is further complicated by their inability to convey their differing opinions to each other. Tropes‚ symbolism

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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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    "Hills Like White Elephants": The Jilting of Jig Hashmi‚ Nilofer. The Hemingway Review‚ Volume 23‚ Number 1‚ Fall 2003‚ pp. 72-83 (Article) Published by University of Idaho Department of English DOI: 10.1353/hem.2004.0009 For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/hem/summary/v023/23.1hashmi.html Access Provided by Chulalongkorn University at 11/21/11 7:26AM GMT “hills like white elephants”: T h e j i lt i n g of j i g nilofer hashmi Georgia Southern

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