In his short story "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place-, Ernest Hemingway enables us to distinguish, through the use of tone in dialogue, the age difference between the positive and younger inquisitive waiter, and the older cynical one that thinks he is omniscient. ... Hemingway's use of tone in the dialogue provides us with subtle literary devices to distinguish between the characters. ... Hemingway was able to present us with the different mentalities and tones that people of various age groups have, by using dialogue as a literary device and thereby helping him convey a message to his reade...

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In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, a girl and a man discuss weather or not she should have an abortion. Because the man and the girl have different views on this subject, they argue continually throughout the story. ... At the end of the story the man clearly says that he doesn't want the baby. ... The story Hills like white elephants is based on a decision that must be made. ...

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In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, a girl and a man discuss weather or not she should have an abortion. Because the man and the girl have different views on this subject, they argue continually throughout the story. ... At the end of the story the man clearly says that he doesn't want the baby. ... The story Hills like white elephants is based on a decision that must be made. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Characterization of Francis Macomber in "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" The ways that Francis Macomber did, said, and thought things as well as the way he interacted with other characters in the short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" gives great insight to his character. ... First of all, the setting for the story is him going on safari. ... This is a bit of foreshadowing of his fear and what could come later in the story. ... From the indirect presentation of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway, we can gain many insights to his character, throu...

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Coraghessan Boyle and Ernest Hemingway's short stories, "If the River Was Whiskey" and "Indian Camp," two young boys are shown with their desire to be close to their fathers. Throughout the stories, these young boys, Tiller and Nick, undergo a sort of coming of age as they begin to see the flaws of their fathers. ... During the trip, "Nick lay back his father's arm around him" (Hemingway 75). ...

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