"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 uses symbolism through alcohol, the hills, the white elephants, and the train station to develop the theme of the story. Hemingway's writing style in this story is well crafted. ... Hemingway uses the hills in this story to symbolize many things. ... Hemingway's writing symbols gives hidden meanings that are significant and of great importance to this story....

• Word Count: 1455
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1531
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" and David Foster Wallace's "Good People" are two very similar stories where they show two different young couples who are dealing with an unplanned pregnancy in completely different ways. ... (Hemingway 591-94) "Good People" by David Foster Wallace's is a short story about two Christians, Lane A. ... The story starts off with Lane A. ... The American in Hemingway's story continually says that the operation "is really an awfully simple" one (591). ... " At this point in the story H...

• Word Count: 1915
• Approx Pages: 8
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Hills Like White Elephants Hills Like White Elephants is an interesting name for a short story. ... Time is used symbolically throughout this story. ... This is an odd occurrence in this story, because Hemmingway tried to do this in real time. ... The girl ends the story by saying, "There's nothing wrong with me. ... However, that is a sign of a good author and a good story. ...

• Word Count: 1509
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School