short story ‘Hills like White Elephants’ by Ernest Hemingway. Word Count: 1367 Hills like White Elephants – Ernest Hemingway “Will Jig have the abortion and stay with the man; will Jig have the abortion and leave the man; or will Jig not have the abortion and win the man over to her point of view?” (Hashmi‚ N‚ 2003). These are the three different scenarios that have been seriously considered in Ernest Hemingway’s short story‚ “Hills like White Elephants”. Ernest Hemingway is a great writer
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The story “Hills like White Elephants” is written by Ernest Hemingway. It’s about a couple‚ who had an intense conversation about abortion. The man began by trying to convince the girl‚ Jig‚ to have an abortion. However‚ she does want the child but is scared about the abortion and wants to please the man by doing what he wants. She worried whether her relationship will be back on track and this will solve their problem. Jig indecisively agreed to have the abortion just because she does not care
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In Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills like White Elephants” he shows the major difference between the two which is a woman’s pregnancy and the difference in reactions between a man and a woman what that occurs. While the man in the story seems to want the woman to have the operation which is an abortion‚ throughout the story woman is more conflicted and unsure what she wants. By the end although we don’t get a complete resolution and Hemingway leaves some ambiguity the woman
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In the short story hills like white elephants by ernest hemingway there is a strong use of symbolism. Some of the symbols are more obvious and some are more hidden beneath subtext. Alike to most novels the understanding is based entirely upon one’s personality and enjoyment. Most of the symbolism has to do with the female in the story hinting towards a pregnancy that she cannot decide whether she would like to keep or abort. She hints towards choosing two people out of her‚ the baby and her husband
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Nixon Over the Hills and Far Away ! The grass is always greener on the other side. In Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” a young couple contemplates whether or not to carry out an abortion procedure. An American man and a girl‚ Jig‚ debate the procedure over beer while waiting for the express train from Barcelona to arrive at their junction. The train would remain for two minutes before continuing to Madrid. On one side of the train track is a barren ridge of hills‚ arid and brown
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Short Story Exam 1 In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants"‚ Ernest Hemingway explores the human transition of character from following to leading‚ depicting how life’s situations bring about a change in the way one makes decisions in life. Hemingway develops the thematic meaning through the two main characters‚ the man and the girl‚ in the setting‚ and in the use of symbolism. Thematic meaning begins to unfold through the two main characters. The first character
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To Keep or Not to Keep The short story‚ “ Hills Like White Elephants ” by Ernest Hemingway‚ is about a man who is unnamed and a women whose nickname is Jig‚ as the reader we understand them to be boyfriend and girlfriend. They are both sitting at a train station waiting on the train. After some time (and a few beers)‚ the women brings up that the hills in front of them look like white elephants. The man does not think the hills look like white elephants and this statement brings them both into an
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"Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway‚ opens with a long description of the story’s setting in a train station surrounded by hills‚ fields‚ and trees in a valley in Spain. A man known simply as the American and his girlfriend sit at a table outside the station‚ waiting for a train to Madrid. As they are waiting for their train to come‚ they are drinking beer arguing about some "operation" that the American man wants to get. Although they don’t specify exactly what the operation means the
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The story "Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway is a fascinating story about one couple having faced with an unexpected pregnancy. The theme of the story is about the couple’s decision between life and death. The main character Jig and The American are in disagreements on weather to keep their baby‚ or have an abortion. The couple’s lack of communication creates the conflict in the story. For example‚ Jigs says‚ "We can have all this..." "And everyday we make it more impossible" While
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Ernest Hemingway’s‚ "Hills Like White Elephants‚" is discussed by many people because of the way that Hemingway used dialogue that contained a lack of descriptions‚ unidentified characters‚ and barely any narration to convey the short story’s meaning. In this case‚ the reader is required to read between the lines. In this short story‚ one can see that all of the symbols disclose the unsteady relationship between the American and Jig and the conflict in relation to their lifestyle and operation.
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