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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"Hills Like White Elephants," by Ernest Hemingway is a short story about an American man and a girl named Jig who are confronted with a difficult issue of whether or not terminate a pregnancy. ... Hemingway's writing style in this story is well crafted. ... (Hemingway 1956). ... Hemingway uses the hills in this story to symbolize many things. ... At the end Jig states "I feel fine''(Hemingway 1967). ...

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In the short stories "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway and "Araby" by James Joyce we see that love is the conflict presented in both stories. ... We are able to see that they both have different opinions about the abortion in the story when the American man says, "It's really an awfully simple operation Jig, It's really not an operation at all" (Hemingway. ... " (Hemingway. ... " (Hemingway. ... " (Hemingway. ...

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In the fictional tale, "Hills Like White Elephants," writer Ernest Hemingway uses symbolism and imagery to depict a couple in the mist of a crisis. Hemingway, who was a journalist, was known for his realistic stories. ... Although the word abortion is never used in the story, the reader understands the concept through Hemingway's symbolism. ...

• Word Count: 1083
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School