An Analysis of Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" "Hills Like White Elephants", by Ernest Hemingway, is a short story published in 1927, which is set at a train station in Spain. ... Hemingway never mentions the word abortion directly to let the reader know that this is the position of the man. ... Yet another symbolic signal used by Hemingway is in the different parts of the station. ... Hemingway's writing style uses setting and symbolism to addresses a very controversial issue in a very powerful way. ... Clearly, Hemingway left the ending of the story open for...

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The short story "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," written by Ernest Hemingway, is about two waiters in a Spanish café who are discussing their last customer of the night, an elderly and lonely drunk man. ... The waiter went away" (Hemingway). Hemingway does not waste words in this story. ... Hemingway's "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" possesses quite a bit of symbolism. ... 'He was in despair'" (Hemingway). ...

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Ernest Hemingway was an adventurous man, he encountered many obstacles in life that turned him into a wise man. ... Ernest loved to drink and he really drank. ... Ernest Hemingway was an excellent novelist and short story writer. ... Hemingway the drinker had nothing to do with Hemingway the writer. As a man Ernest was a person who loved night clubs, all night entertainment. ...

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It is noted that the great American novelist, Ernest Hemingway's, male heroes usually were defined by their ability to face adversity with quiet strength. ... However, each and every hero of Ernest Hemingway shares a characteristic with the others. ... After studying this code for the hero and examining Hemingway's life it can be seen that this code is based off of Ernest. ... Finally he saw many deaths and injuries while serving as an Italian ambulance driver in world war two (Ernest Hemingway, videocassette). ... Finally Ernest Hemingway was one of America's best writers. ...

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"They look like white elephants," she said (Hemingway 237). ... "On this side there was no shade and no trees" (Hemingway 236). ... "The station was between two lines of rails in the sun" (Hemingway 236). ... "We want two Anis del Toro" (Hemingway 237). ... In conclusion, Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills like White Elephants" is about a couple struggling to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. ...

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In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" the author Ernest Hemingway sets the setting in about the 1930's of an "American" and a "girl" sitting at a table together in a small train station bar somewhere between Barcelona and Madrid. ... The railway station with the two lines of rails going in both directions forever, but leading to nowhere is another symbol that Hemingway put in his story. ... In the title Hemingway uses the world "white elephant" looking up the definition of the world, "An article, ornament no longer wanted by its owner"(1622), you would see that Hemingway wasn&#x...

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Ernest Hemingway was the most widely known American author of his generation, and perhaps of all time. ... In Paris Hemingway made a rendezvous with expatriates F. ... Hemingway's first book, "The Sun Also Rises," was a masterpiece that elaborately depicted Hemingway's "Lost Generation" through fiction. ... This existentialist outlook seemed to be reflected in all of Hemingway's characters, but yet it was very dissimilar to the real life that Hemingway lived. ... Hemingway was most importantly an American creation. ...

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The story takes place in a hotel in Italy on a raining day. The American woman, as the writer describes her, was looking through the window when she saw a cat outside under a table. She felt sad about the cat being outside in the rain. The American woman compared her life with the cat. She thinks "p...

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In the short story "The short happy life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway the author seems to describe his problems with his wife and woman in general. ... In the story the main charter's wife, Margot Macomber, is described as a "bitchy woman" and that's exactly what Hemingway thinks about woman. ... Hemingway doesn't tell us why she does this, allowing the reader to come to our own conclusions. ... Essentially, it really makes no difference; had Margot hit the buffalo instead of Francis, it would have reinforced his shame, which for Hemingway would be worse than being d...

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The 1920's were a time of great social change. It was the most explosive decade of the century due to the clash from the world of fashion and the world of politics. It was the age of everything; the age of alcohol and lavish parties, the age of prohibition, the ago of prosperity, the age of new i...

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Many young writers did becomes extremely popular though including Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, and F. ... Ernest Hemingway wrote a novel based on his experiences in Italy during WWI that captured readers and influenced other writers with his writing style. ...

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