How Does Hemingway Use Literary Techniques In Hills Like White Elephant

Hemingway has a stylistic craft that seems simple, but it has so much depth between the lines. The short story is about a couple that is at a train station bar that is anything but normal, something that could change their lives forever. In “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway, he conveys a story that seems about something small, but it has so much effect in it. Hemingway uses repetition to emphasize certain words, the use of extended metaphors to avoid the big idea, and symbolism to craft a dialogue based story that is so much more than it seems. Hemingway utilizes constant repetition that emphasizes that locution and changes the meaning to another meaning. Hemingway also utilizes the use of the word “I” (Hemingway, 477) a plethora of times by using it in a way that makes him in control of the situation. He is saying how he feels, manipulating the situation in a way that makes him control her opinion on the topic of having an abortion. Then Hemingway changes from the word “I” to “We” (Hemingway, 477) to have the man continue his manipulation of her having the abortion. But this time, the male is explaining how they both can “have everything” once they have this abortion, but the woman isn’t too fond of the idea still. The male is repeating himself so much about how it’s her decision if she wants to have the abortion or not; the
The style is short and to the point to make it an easy read, but it makes the reader thing deeply into the text. Also the story could be taken in so many different ways, but it’s all up to the reader. In “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway, he conveys a story that seems about something small, but it has so much effect in it. Hemingway uses repetition to emphasize certain words, the use of extended metaphors to avoid the big idea, and symbolism to craft a dialogue based story that is so much more than it