The Elephant in the Room The “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is an excerpt about a couple whom come to a crossroads when they discover they are expecting a baby and are contemplating having an abortion. The couple is at a train station surrounded by hills‚ fields‚ and trees in a valley in Spain. A man known as the American and a young girl sit at a table outside the station‚ waiting for a train to Madrid. The young girl says‚ “The hills look like white elephants.” When the young
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Theory in Earnest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” “If a writer of prose knows enough of what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader…will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the writer had stated them” [Earnest Hemingway]. That is the reason why Hemingway applies the “Iceberg Theory” in most of his works‚ which results in a strong connection between the writer and his readers. In “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ such theory is well utilized to
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The girl who goes by the name of Jig‚ in the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway‚ is a very indecisive character‚ which delineates the constant battle between choosing to listen to your heart or mind. Main points: 1. Jig is willing to go through with the operation at the beginning of the story. Evidence: She has obviously discussed the “operation” with the man she is with before‚ and seems to believe it will fix things between them. An excerpt from the story reads:
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Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants” is about a young couple discussing the decision of getting an abortion. Hemingway does not exactly state in the story that that is what they are talking about‚ but his use of figurative language helps you connect the dots. The story takes place outside a bar at a train station in Barcelona. The couple is there waiting for the train to take them to Madrid. There are many opinions about the story and how the scenery plays a huge role in giving the
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The Simple Operation Ernest Hemingway’s short story "Hills Like White Elephants" is a story about a couple who are having some trouble in their relationship. The main characters in the story are an American man and a girl. The whole story is mostly a dialogue between the couple. They are trying to have a fine time‚ but there is a tension between them and some kind of operation needs to be done. The operation can easily be done and if it’s going to happen it will be done on the girl. In the story
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Hills Like White Elephants‚” by Ernest Hemingway is a story about a girl and a manwaiting for their train and discuss the girl‟s upcoming abortion. The man does not want the girl‚ Jig‚ to have the child; he wants her all to himself. Jig‚ however‚ does want the child but is scaredabout the abortion and wants to please the man by doing what he wants. “The Love of My Life‚” by T. Coraghessan Boyle is a story about a girl‚ China‚ and her boyfriend‚ Jeremy‚ who have unprotected sex during a camping
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Hills Like White Elephants Hills Like White Elephants‚ by Ernest Hemingway‚ is a short story written in 1927. This story is set at a train station’s bar in Barcelona‚ Spain. The main topic of this short story is abortion. At the beginning of the story we meet the two main characters: Jig and the American. Throughout the story Jig and the American are discussing back and forth about whether Jig should get an abortion. Taking note that the American character seems to be a hardcore partier that
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In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ the narrator presents a brief description about the scene including the location‚ specific details and one of the character that is called the girl. This short story is about a girl that is trying to make a decision about an abortion and how she is manipulated by another character called the American to get this done. In this story the narrator let us know throw symbols which are the feelings of the girl when she think about this decision
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M. Arquelita EGL 1020 “Uncertain Feelings” In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills like White Elephants”‚ a young couple was confronting the consequences of their innocent doings and find themselves in discussion of serious decisions. The historical setting of the story was based on the mid 1920’s at a train station in Spain on the Ebro River. The first character of the short story Hills Like White Elephants characterizes an American man drifting around Europe after the World War I. The American
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Hills Like White Elephants In a rail station‚ as the crossroads a life choice merge‚ the American and a girl have the necessary conversation that no one would like to discuss. Ernest Hemingway‚ in the story “Hills Like White Elephants‚” describes the words between two people who have a different idea of how to deal with the girl’s pregnancy. The American man is attempting to convince Jig‚ the girl‚ to have an abortion‚ but the girl does not seem to have the same outlook as the story begins.
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