elements in order to deliver a well written story. In the story, “Hills Like White Elephants”, writer Ernest Hemingway, focuses on individual vs. self-conflict, while writer Tim Obrien focuses on individual vs. individual and individual vs. self-conflict in his story “The Things They Carried”. This Literary analysis will attempt to show how each author through different writing techniques use literary elements to deliver similar core conflicts within each story. In Obrien’s story, “The Things They Carried
The conflict in "Hills like White Elephants" isn't the operation being talked about in the story but rather, the inability of the two characters to compromise and communicate. The characters are built in a way that what is their strongest foundation is also their weakest. As the protagonist, the American is written as a man of well-off background and good education; he has the capabilities to travel the world with his girlfriend and understand Spanish. He is also written as a man of rationale and
A thorough evaluation of the short story, “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway reveals a young woman blossoming to a decision maker in her life after finally getting out from under the adverse influence of a relationship with a man she previously thought loved her unconditionally. She finally gets fed up with living under the man’s shadow; allowing him to make all the decisions, letting him talk ceaselessly as he tries to convince her of the rights of his ways, and even letting him decide