Symbolism In Hills Like White Elephants

Nevertheless, Ernest Hemingway soon shows that this relationship contains a rift. This becomes apparent once they try conversing to one another. The girl attempts to spark a conversation by mentioning that the hills look like white elephants, but this topic soon turns hostile with the American’s replies. How this conversation is handled already shows that the couple “are trapped in a state of imbalance and disagreement” from the beginning (Link). The problem with the conversation is that the American’s personality of being simple and serious.

In Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Pedestrian”, the motifs of the story were appeared a lot of times. Motifs always repeat in the story and give a dominant central idea to strengthen the theme. By reading the motifs in the story, we could learn more about the things that the writer wants to tell us. In this story, there are lots of words of motifs; for examples, silence, alone, darkness, empty and frozen. Those motifs shows the lacking of inspiration and excitement in the story and determines the dark keynote of the story.

Throughout the dialog, the girl is telling him she does not want to have the abortion, but to please him she agrees. She depends on him so much, and she is willing to do anything to keep the relationship going; however, she realizes that nothing can save their affair. The girl looks at the hills and compares them to white elephants. The term white elephants are associated with possessions

I think that they will continue on with their relationship, for right now, and the woman will end up giving in to the American’s wants. He will be fine since he got what he wanted, and the woman will end up unhappy or even alone. To review; there are many areas of omission in “Hills Like White Elephants” that are extremely important. The significance of alcohol, why I believe she wants a baby, how I think both parties feel about the relationship, and the symbolism of the train station. All of these are vital because there is a better understanding of the relationship, which seems to be an awfully unhealthy

They discuss the operation without saying what they really mean and want to say. The young couples small talk ends when the American man brings up an operation, concluding to the gift of a baby that he does not want to fully be held responsible for. He sees the gift of a baby as a burden to his relationship and future life with Jig. By which causes Jig to come to the realization that her life looks shallow and what she thought she wanted turned out to not be true. In the short story, Jig states, “That’s all we do, isn’t it--look at things and try new drinks,” symbolizing she wants a change in her

The alcohol, the train and the scenery are all symbols of the difficulties the couple is currently facing. Ernest Hemingway does an excellent job at using symbols to help tell the story. He chose symbols that helped enhance the plot as well as the conflict which is the pregnancy. “Hills Like White Elephants” has many symbolic meanings that help explain how a couple struggles with communicating, the journey ahead and the options they have when making an important

Anyone can read a book, but not everyone can analyze the detail and symbols. In good writing, the symbols alone tell a story different from the one you are reading. Symbols in the Great Gatsby written by Scott Fitzgerald are the most important parts of the book. He made sure that every detail that he wrote, including the colors of things as simple as a light, symbolized something bigger. Colors, Gatsby's mansion, and The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg were some of the major symbols in the book that had an outstanding meaning.

Ernest Hemingway’s, “Hills Like White Elephants,” raises feminist critiques. Using characterization and dialog, he presents a discussion between a masculine figure that controls a weak, submissive woman that has lost her resolve, and the larger idea of the male voice dominating women’s in literature. This in part, could have to do with Hemingway’s personal life, as he publicly dislike his mother, and had troubled relationships with his four wives throughout his lifetime (Nolan). The story takes place at a train station is Spain, focused on a couple conversing with one another about an operation.

In other words, he is patient instead of quickly making a choice without giving much thought. However, due to feeling the pressure of taking the right road, he begins “telling this with sigh” and doubting himself (Frost 16). And although at some point he may believe he could take both opportunities, he eventually came to the conclusion that taking both roads is not possible, thus making his decision more important and stressful. By coming to this realization, the author emphasizes the importance of one's choices in life because often times people can never go

(Baccellia, 2007) The second story is about a woman named Jig and a nameless American man waiting in Barcelona for a train trip to Madrid. Assuming that the man involved in this story is Jig 's boyfriend or husband due to their interactions with one another, the two discussed the possibility of abortion, which leads to Jig describing the two hills she sees while waiting for the train as white elephants. The meaning of the hills looking like white elephants is that Jig is debating if the abortion procedure is the best decision. Almost like she has something precious that she has to get rid of.

As for the difference between topic and theme, I only used the word “theme” once in my essay, and then correctly, to describe a detailed message seen throughout A Long Way Gone. My topic sentences were not cringe-worthy, yet still could bear improvement and clarification. Those in the second and third body paragraphs in my essay were sufficient in stating the argument, though were still fairly general. The four basic elements of my introductory paragraph were there, though imperfectly executed. The hook that opened the paragraph was interesting, but further in, Brecht’s poem was introduced then left without sufficient analysis or an explicit statement of the theme that I would be connecting to the memoir.

On Hemingway’s Time We can never free ourselves from the bondages of time, but the decisions we make along the way, can change our lives and the lives of others, forever. In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants”, an American man and a young woman must face the challenge of having to make a life altering decision, in a limited amount of time. Hemingway uses a very short timeline to tell his story, he makes time relevant in the story’s setting, and also in his written dialogue. This short story demonstrates that although time can sometimes be forgotten, it can surely become of the essence. This story revolves around two main characters, Jig who is a young woman, and an American, who is a nameless man.

What I can say though that the subject I enjoyed the most was when we analyzed those four pieces of literature. Even out of those four though I did not exactly enjoy every single one. The one I enjoyed the most had to have been “Hills Like White Elephants”. The ending was so open ended that it aloud the reader to be a little bit creative and come up with their own ending. I love when a story lets me spice it up with my own interpretation of what happened.

The short story "Hills Like White Elephants," is about a couple that is really young and the is having a issue about abortion. The author uses a lot of rhetorical devices to convey his message but mostly use imagery and symbolism. The way that the story is told by the author the reader can see the story told in their head. The way that the author describe the hills and the town that they was in it shows a lot of imagery. The story also picture the couple waiting for the train that they had been waiting for.

In the stories “Popular Mechanics”, written by Raymond Carver, and “Hills Like White Elephants”, written by Ernest Hemingway, show the struggles that sometimes happens while being in a relationship. In “Popular Mechanics” Carver shows the struggle of being cheated on and the fight between the couple over their baby. The baby becomes more of an item when they fight trying to show who is a better person and parent. In “Hills Like White Elephants” Hemingway shows that not everyone wants to have a baby and that it can change your life drastically. The couples in “Popular Mechanics” and “Hills Like White Elephants” are arguing over a baby, are splitting up, and the stories have settings that represent what is happening.