Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" can be defined as a twentieth-century Modernist fiction short story because it contains all three of the tenants of modernism. The absence of God is evident in this story through Hemingway's images of Nothing. ... The first tenant of modernism exhibited in Hemingway's short story is the absence of God through the image of Nothing. ... The old man's deafness is a powerful image used in the story... This story is filled with images of despair. ...

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Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park Illinois. Hemingway was the second child of Dr. ... At the break of World War 1 Hemingway enlisted to the Army. ... The compilation of short stories gathered much attention due to its sharp style and brutal subjects. ... This story of life after the war gathered him fame that would stretch throughout his life. ...

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Here he learned with direct simple sentences to get to the heart of the story. ... ("A Life's Story," by Carlos Baker pg. 25) He left his job from the paper and sailed over to Europe that May. ... During his career he wrote the following novels: 1923 Three Stories & Ten Poems (published in Paris) 1924 In our time [sic] (published in Paris) 1925 In Our Time 1926 Torrents of Spring 1926 The Sun Also Rises 1927 Men Without Women 1929 A Farewell to Arms 1932 Death in the Afternoon 1933 Winner Take Nothing 1935 Green Hills of Africa 1937 To Have and Have Not 1938 Th...

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Ernest Hemingway's story of a young couple's conversation outside a train station in "Hills Like White Elephants" skillfully provides the reader with a similar sense of mystery and intrigue. ... Watson than Sherlock Homes when it comes to analyzing a short story, one need not be an astute solver of mysteries to see how Hemingway uses description and dialog to show the importance of good communication. ... On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was- From Hemingway's description, the reader learns there are two primary characters in the story, an American ...

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There are many badly written stories that are comprised of nothing. ... One of these stories is Ernest Hemingway's A Clean, Well-Lighted Place. ... During the time that the story was written and published, Hemingway was living in Paris and traveling throughout Europe. ... Hemingway generally subscribed to this theory. ... And, it is this feeling that Hemingway captures clearly in his short story A Clean, Well-Lighted Place....

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In Earnest Hemingway's three short stories, In Another Country, Hills Like White Elephants, and The Snows of Kilimanjaro,"" Hemingway communicates the same underlying message, loneliness and separation. ... These strong adjectives create the gloomy tone that continues throughout the stories. ... In/out imagery is depicted throughout the short story as well. ... This story also displays a contrast in setting. ... Hemingway himself must have been a very unhappy man and presumably had many terrible experiences in his own life to write such depressing stories. ...

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Ernest Hemingway's "Hills like White Elephants" is no doubt one of Hemingway's most superb work. ... Although Ernest Hemingway uses unclear and ambiguous language throughout this short story, it becomes visible what its true meaning is by analyzing the symbols such as the title or the power struggle between those two lovers. ... The white elephant in Hemingway's story is the unborn fetus. ... There is an abundance of symbols in this short story that surround the conversation of the American and the girl. ... It is truly a well written and deep story which shows one o...

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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. ... Although this short story crosses timelines to become relevant to both the early twentieth century and today, Hemingway uses setting and symbolism throughout the story to show that making a decision on whether to have an abortion or not is indeed a difficult decision to make. ... Our first encounter with Hemingway's symbolism is in the title, "Hills Like White Elephants", which offers...

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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. Hemingway uses a writing style that is straightforward and rarely incorporates adjectives, but his story is loaded with symbolism. ... The waiter went away" (Hemingway). Hemingway does not waste words in this story. ... Light is the opposite of darkness, a major theme in the story. ...

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In this short story, "Hills like White Elephants", Hemingway relies on the use of symbolism throughout the story to describe a very complex issue that has encountered Jig and The American, the main characters in the story. ... First published in 1927, the short-story elaborates on how the couple is traveling through the European country of Spain; Jig unexpectedly finds out she is pregnant and is plagued with the decision to have an abortion. ... Hemingway incorporates the setting of the story to emphasize whether or not the couple will go through with the abortion. ... In conclusion,...

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In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants," Ernest Hemingway uses many literary elements to create the tone of the story. ... Hemingway uses the dialogue of a man and woman to slowly reveal an argument over abortion. ... The story seems to be set in the 1920's. ... Hemingway shows this fact by referencing all the labels on their luggage from the hotels they had spent nights at. ... Hemingway never actually uses the word abortion in his story; he just uses the symbolism and the dialogue to get this point out. ...

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"Hills Like White Elephants," written by Ernest Hemingway, is a captivating fictional story that is filled with hidden messages, themes, and symbolism. Hemingway's short story dates back to almost ninety years ago, initially appearing in a collection titled "Men Without Women" in 1927. ... " The majority of Hemingway's short stories overly demonstrate masculinity, but "Hills Like White Elephants" displays a much more rational viewpoint from that of a woman. ... Finally, the last example of symbolism Hemingway portrays in this story is the train stat...

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Decisions Ernest Hemingway's "Hills like White Elephants- is a short story, which contains many symbols that can reveal the story's meaning. Hemingway's story does not say what is going on though it is up to the reader to figure out. ... Then a short story cannot be too specific because then it would not be a short story any longer. ... In this short story the American and his girlfriend are sitting on the café and the girl views from one side to another a couple of times. ... In the end I cannot say that this is the way Hemingway wants the reader to know the s...

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Decisions Ernest Hemingway's "Hills like White Elephants- is a short story, which contains many symbols that can reveal the story's meaning. Hemingway's story does not say what is going on though it is up to the reader to figure out. ... Then a short story cannot be too specific because then it would not be a short story any longer. ... In this short story the American and his girlfriend are sitting on the café and the girl views from one side to another a couple of times. ... In the end I cannot say that this is the way Hemingway wants the reader to know the story bu...

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In Ernest Hemingway's, "The Sun Also Rises," the majority of the central characters are a part of the "lost generation." Their existentialism mirrors the same lost faith and viewpoint on death that Hemingway lived by himself. ... " (74) In the same sense, this condition is also present in Hemingway's short story, "A Well Lighted Place." One cannot question the brutal truth Hemingway's literature reflects on his own life experiences. ... In addition, personal alcohol abuse as means to escape their empty reality is apparent in this story. ...

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Plot is when the events drive the story towards its climax and outcome. ... While writing The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway focused on many different literary elements, but Hemingway mainly focused on the literary elements of plot, setting, and theme. In The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway strongly presents the literary element of plot. Plot is when the events drive the story towards its climax and outcome. ... He leaves Pamplona and has a short holiday in San Sebastian, Spain. ...

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The doldrums he was stuck in since his return to America was expressed exquisitely by Hemingway in his short story "A Soldier Home", through Nick, the main character and ex-soldier. ... 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 ...

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Having read Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants- several times, it seems to be a story that doesn't make much sense. ... In the introduction preceding the short story, it states that "Hemingway has a concise way of developing a plot through dialogue and once explained how he achieved an intense compression by comparing his method to the principle of the iceberg: There is seven-eights of it under water for every part that shows. ... Specifically stated because Hemingway empowers his story through the use of a metaphor and because the subject matter of abortion was taboo ...

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Every short story has a unifying point or basic message that the author is trying to indirectly convey to the reader. ... As I read over Ernest Hemingway's short story, Hills Like White Elephants, there is one powerful theme that clearly stands out. ... Through this conversation a certain mood for the story is set. ... The characters have an odd development as the story advances. ... I think Hemingway made the waitress female to show how society has formed women to be seen as caretakers for men. ...

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Ernest Hemingway was an adventurous man, he encountered many obstacles in life that turned him into a wise man. ... Ernest Hemingway was an excellent novelist and short story writer. ... Hemingway the drinker had nothing to do with Hemingway the writer. ...

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"Soldier's Home" is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway where a young man called Krebs is displayed as the protagonist. ... Hemingway throughout the story shows Krebs as being lost and also shows him to be a human being, who has lost a lot. ... This is highlighted by Hemingway when Krebs is unable to lie to his mother, when she asks him whether or not he loves her anymore (Hemingway). This lost feeling of love is also further highlighted by Hemingway when he states in his story "Krebs looked at the bacon hardening on his plate. ... "Don't you love your mother dear boy" and Kreb...

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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 landscape has powerful symbolic dimensions in the story. ... 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...

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The story takes place in a hotel in Italy on a raining day. ... I chose this story because I compare myself with her situation; she wants someone that cares for her. ... Early in the story, Hemingway shows us that she can perceive deeply, and appreciate another person. ... This very short story shows a couple who have drifted apart how can two people stay in love when they want incredibly different things? ... His wife wants something for more complex out of life: She wants to be with other, appreciated and appreciating, plus some special pleasures of life like her own the silver and a cat pur...

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Hills Like White Elephants By Ernest Hemingway Hills Like White Elephants Hills Like White Elephants, is a short story, written by author Ernest Hemingway. ... It is the end of the story that makes me think this. ... Early in the story we get a glimpse at Jig's disgust with her male partner. ... In conclusion, Ernest Hemingway's short story Hills Like White Elephants is about a man and a woman struggling to deal with an unwanted baby. The author, Hemingway, never explicitly tells us what the girl decides to do about the baby, but he does give us enough clues to figure out what she...

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The short story "Soldier's Home,"" by Ernest Hemingway, is about a soldier named Krebs who reveals the shock of re-entry into life after war. ... Krebs is the central character in the story who didn't keep faith in himself when he came back from war. Before the war, he was a college student and Hemingway includes a picture of, "him among his fraternity brothers, all of them wearing exactly the same height and style collar " (Hemingway,133). ... Mihiel, and in the Argonne,"" (Hemingway,133) which was one of the violent war events that occurred in WWI. ... I know what your own dear gra...

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