Ernest Hemingway possessed a very unique writing style that is often compared to an iceberg. The Iceberg theory refers to how Hemingway only included the most crucial pieces of information in his writing, the rest was hidden away below the surface. Two of Hemingway’s pieces that display his writing style include “A Canary for One” and “Hills Like White Elephants”. “A Canary for One”, a short story written by Hemingway, tells the story of a woman who took her daughter away from her love because she
In his short story, “Hills Like White Elephants”, Ernest Hemingway manipulates the details of the setting in order to exemplify the characters’ struggle in deciding whether to have an abortion. Ernest Hemingway carefully chooses the way in which he expresses the setting by only giving limited details through the character dialogue. The reader understands that the characters are in the hills between “fields of grain and trees…[and] mountains” (477). The hills represent the pregnancy, while the fields
Structuralism and Deconstructive Perspective; Hills Like White Elephants Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway written in 1927 contains tense conflicts between individual characters within the story; when viewed through the theoretical lens of structuralism and deconstructionism various meanings are derived. Structuralism takes a scientific approach of semiotics; instead of being concerned with what a certain text means, it focuses on how a text structuralizes itself to give meaning. Deconstruction
Ernest Hemingway creates a symbolic setting to develop his characters in “Hills Like White Elephants”. Instead of discussing his characters' dilemma directly, Hemingway uses symbolic words like “white”, “two”, “beaded curtain”, “dry side” to create a setting that suggests the struggle that the characters are engaged in while making a life-changing decision. The word white, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is defined as “free from color, free from spot or blemish”2. I feel Hemingway uses
Thom (Cara) Jones Kerschner ENGL 1022 A Study of Being Reasonable in Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants.” Reasonable behavior and unreasonable women. That is what first comes to mind when I read “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway. I, as fan of Old Hollywood, am reminded of the way women have been portrayed in film and also their roles in reality. Written in 1927 during a time of great social change, women had more liberties than before. They had the right to vote, there
In “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway, the author tells of a girl and a man contemplating abortion. However, Hemingway never states this literally, and he refers to the abortion as the “operation.” The two characters argue over this issue for the entire story without ever mentioning the topic of conversation. Though the story is only a few pages long, Hemingway concisely conveys the story of a rocky relationship. Through this minimalistic style and ambiguity, Hemingway forces
literary movement. Modernist Literature has several very specific characteristics. “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway belongs to Modernist Literature because it has an ominous setting, is based around a spiritually compromising topic, and because it displays the workings of the inner mind. Those traits concur with Modernism. This story is about abortion, and while it isn’t stated blatantly, the white elephant being described is a child: a child that the American man, who remains nameless
The White Elephant of Sexism The white elephant gift is the gift that nobody wants. It’s the joke that is more suited for giving away than actually owning. It is never explicitly stated what the actual white elephant is that Ernest Hemingway refers to in his short story “Hills Like White Elephants.” Under the surface, however, it becomes more and more apparent. The story details the relationship between a man and a woman who are traveling together. Their discussions mostly concerns mindless
Daniel Silberstein Professor Jane Schmidt English 220 Sec 33 11 Oct 2014 Between Rails in the Sun In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants”, by Ernest Hemingway, the reader is presented with a terse and elegant story that captures the imagination but remains ambiguous in its final interpretation of whether or not Jig and the American have an abortion and remain together after they depart the station. Through a narrative that emulates the parched landscape in which it takes place, the reader
Draft In “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway presents a story of a girl names Jig having to make a decision at a train station before the train she is waiting for comes. She is accompanied with an American man who pressures her to hurry and make her decision to get on the train when the train arrives. The theme of the story is not about making decision on time but a women’s limited time to choose whether she wants to abort her unborn child. Throughout the story there is evidence indicating