Ernest Hemingway Writing Style Analysis
Tone and Style in “Hills Like White Elephants”
Ernest Hemingway is known for his sparse style of writing. In “Hills Like White Elephants” his style of writing is just that. “Hills Like White Elephants” exemplifies his style of writing along with a detailed description of the scenery and intense dialogue between the two main characters, the American man and Jig, throughout the story. Hemingway’s writing style, use of description, and dialogue enables the reader to figure out just what the man and the woman, Jig, are discussing.
Hemingway’s style of writing in “Hills Like White Elephants uses the narrator who seems to tell the story as if he was watching it but still leaves the story easy to read and concentrate on. In the first paragraph the narrator describes little about the American and the woman by saying, “The American and the girl with him sat at a table in the shade, outside the building” (350) he does not describe them as much as he describes the setting. The reader has to look deeper into the conversation between the couple because the narrator is not describing the actions thoroughly. This writing style makes …show more content…
The dialogue between the two of them starts out ordinary with them both ordering drinks and observing their surroundings. The mood shifts when the man says, “It’s really an awfully simple operation… …it’s not really an operation at all” (351) that line finally reveals the conflict that the couple is feeling. The loss of a child through abortion is never stated anywhere in the story. After the man upsets the woman to her breaking point she stops discussing the topic and says “I feel fine, there’s nothing wrong with me.” “I feel fine” (353), it is obvious she is not fine, but she prefers to do what the man says and that she convinced herself to give up her child in spite of what she wants just to be with the
Ernest Hemingway is known for his sparse style of writing. In “Hills Like White Elephants” his style of writing is just that. “Hills Like White Elephants” exemplifies his style of writing along with a detailed description of the scenery and intense dialogue between the two main characters, the American man and Jig, throughout the story. Hemingway’s writing style, use of description, and dialogue enables the reader to figure out just what the man and the woman, Jig, are discussing.
Hemingway’s style of writing in “Hills Like White Elephants uses the narrator who seems to tell the story as if he was watching it but still leaves the story easy to read and concentrate on. In the first paragraph the narrator describes little about the American and the woman by saying, “The American and the girl with him sat at a table in the shade, outside the building” (350) he does not describe them as much as he describes the setting. The reader has to look deeper into the conversation between the couple because the narrator is not describing the actions thoroughly. This writing style makes …show more content…
The dialogue between the two of them starts out ordinary with them both ordering drinks and observing their surroundings. The mood shifts when the man says, “It’s really an awfully simple operation… …it’s not really an operation at all” (351) that line finally reveals the conflict that the couple is feeling. The loss of a child through abortion is never stated anywhere in the story. After the man upsets the woman to her breaking point she stops discussing the topic and says “I feel fine, there’s nothing wrong with me.” “I feel fine” (353), it is obvious she is not fine, but she prefers to do what the man says and that she convinced herself to give up her child in spite of what she wants just to be with the