Literary Analysis Of Hills Like White Elephants
“Hills Like White Elephants”
The text “ Hills like white elephants” under analysis comes from the book, the collection of short stories “Men Without Women “(1927) written by American author Ernest Hemingway. “Men Without Women” was Hemingway's second book of short stories. It was published in October 1927 with a first print-run of approximately 7600 copies.
The author is famous for his distinctive writing style, characterized by economy and understatement, influenced 20th-century fiction. Ernest Hemingway produced most of his works between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway's fiction was successful because the characters he presented exhibited authenticity that resonated with his audience. …show more content…
They face this problem and we can observe their conversation and just imagine the result of this discussion because the story is unfinished. The text deals with the idea of abortion. Though the word “abortion” is nowhere in the story, it is doubtlessly understood through Hemingway’s powerful use of two literary elements: setting and symbolism.
The main characters:
The man (referred to only as "the American") and his female companion, named Jig. (there is a deep sense that we don’t know a real name of this man as though the author generalizes the youth of that time).
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It appears that she seeks more stability and permanence in life; "It isn't ours anymore," she states of the carefree lifestyle she and the American have been pursuing from one hotel to the next.
Apart from these, other parts of the setting provide symbolism which expresses the tension and conflict surrounding the couple. The train tracks form a dividing line between the barren expanse of land stretching toward the hills on one side and the green, fertile farmland on the other, symbolizing the choice faced by each of the main characters and their differing interpretations of the dilemma of pregnancy. Jig focuses on the landscape during the conversation, rarely making eye contact with the
The text “ Hills like white elephants” under analysis comes from the book, the collection of short stories “Men Without Women “(1927) written by American author Ernest Hemingway. “Men Without Women” was Hemingway's second book of short stories. It was published in October 1927 with a first print-run of approximately 7600 copies.
The author is famous for his distinctive writing style, characterized by economy and understatement, influenced 20th-century fiction. Ernest Hemingway produced most of his works between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway's fiction was successful because the characters he presented exhibited authenticity that resonated with his audience. …show more content…
They face this problem and we can observe their conversation and just imagine the result of this discussion because the story is unfinished. The text deals with the idea of abortion. Though the word “abortion” is nowhere in the story, it is doubtlessly understood through Hemingway’s powerful use of two literary elements: setting and symbolism.
The main characters:
The man (referred to only as "the American") and his female companion, named Jig. (there is a deep sense that we don’t know a real name of this man as though the author generalizes the youth of that time).
The minor …show more content…
It appears that she seeks more stability and permanence in life; "It isn't ours anymore," she states of the carefree lifestyle she and the American have been pursuing from one hotel to the next.
Apart from these, other parts of the setting provide symbolism which expresses the tension and conflict surrounding the couple. The train tracks form a dividing line between the barren expanse of land stretching toward the hills on one side and the green, fertile farmland on the other, symbolizing the choice faced by each of the main characters and their differing interpretations of the dilemma of pregnancy. Jig focuses on the landscape during the conversation, rarely making eye contact with the