Ernest Hemingway – Hills Like White Elephants According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ a white elephant has a more figurative meaning: "A burdensome or costly possession. Also‚ an object‚ scheme‚ etc.‚ considered to be without use or value." It’s easy to see how this could be seen in context of an unplanned pregnancy that at least one of the parents wants to terminate. At first when I read through Hemingway’s short story‚ ‘Hills Like White Elephants’‚ I thought that it was merely a conversation
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from mythology: Hercules‚ Perseus‚ and Theseus. All of these heroes have many of the qualities that make up a good hero. However‚ Theseus is the quintessential hero because‚ unlike the others‚ he makes wise decisions‚ treats others fairly‚ and is extremely courageous. Theseus’ ability to make wise decisions during critical times proves that he is the quintessential hero. In one of his adventures‚ Theseus sets out to kill King Minos’ minotaur in the Labyrinth. Theseus “came upon him (the minotaur)
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“Hills like White Elephants” By Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway born in 1899‚ in Cicero‚ Illinois‚ served in World War 1‚ worked in journalism before publishing his story collection In Our Time. Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for writing four novels‚ The Sun Also Rises‚ A Farewell to Arms‚ For Whom the Bell Tolls‚ and The Old Man and the Sea‚ in 1954 he became a Nobel Prize winner. Hemingway was raised in the suburb of Chicago but he and his folks spent most of their time in Michigan. He
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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
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“The Hills Like White Elephants” As I started to read through the poem I felt like I easily understood the setting. It was very easy for me to picture this man and woman having a conversation and sharing drinks. I did not easily understand what the subject of their conversation was the first time I read through the poem but I did recognize it was affecting the young girl named Jig. I first realized something was going on when the man kept repeating that everything will be okay and he kept repeating
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Conflicts in “Hills Like White Elephants” The story begins with a man known as the “American” and his girlfriend sitting at a table outside of a train station. The station is surrounded by hills‚ trees‚ and fields in Spain. The couple is waiting for the next train to Madrid. Throughout the story there is an inner conflict with the girl as well as an external conflict between the girl and the American. They speak of an operation that must be done for them to be happy together. This couple is at a
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April Rene Young Kimberly Villegas English 1302‚ Section 2028 (8442) 2 March 2014 Hills Like White Elephants In Ernest Hemingway’s‚ “Hills Like White Elephants‚” a couple in a foreign country are debating the girl getting an abortion while drinking beer and waiting for a train at a train station. Throughout the short story written in Hemingway’s iceberg method‚ one can see how strongly each party feels about the procedure‚ and the difficulty the couple is facing throughout the bare essential
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Analysis of “Hills Like White Elephants” This essay will use new criticism to evaluate “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway in the areas of characters‚ symbolism‚ and conflict. I will mainly focus on two of the three characters. There will be many opportunities to comment on symbolism. Consideration will also be paid to the ongoing conflict between the American and the girl‚ sometimes referred to as Jig. The male protagonist is known only as the American in the story. He is
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Martin Chi English 102 Essay #2 Professor Crawford Hills like White Elephants In “Hills Like White Elephants"‚ Ernest Hemingway‚ does not reveal the source of conflict between the young man and young woman in the story‚ but it is implied that the conflict is centered on the decision of abortion. The goal of the man in the story is to convince the young woman to have an abortion procedure. The goal of the young woman is to do whatever it takes to make her partner happy and thus preserve their
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into it. Commitment can be applied to many things like‚ someone’s career or relationships. Commitment is the base of someone’s relationship‚ without that first step which is committing‚ the relationship will not be stable and it will not exist in the future. It is one of the main keys and one of the very first steps for a steady relationship. This concept is well is illustrated in the story “Hills like white elephant”. The characters in “Hills like white elephant”‚ Jig and the American man‚ had problems
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