1. White Elephants
Hemingway is talking about an issue much deeper than abortion itself he is in fact using this relationship to represent the men's exploitation of women in American society. ... However, Hemingway then prevents that from becoming the focus by never naming the procedure being discussed. ... Instead of allowing her to decide he patronizes her and plays on her emotions by continually saying "I don't want you to do it if you don't want to" and then follows with " it is perfectly simple (procedure)". ... To prevent the intrusion of the "rightness vs. wrongness" argument Banks is ca...
- Word Count: 2067
- Approx Pages: 8
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate