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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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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"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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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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"Hills Like White Elephants" is a short third person perspective limited story by Ernest Hemingway. ... The title of the story fits into the story in many different ways, it all depends on how the reader understands it. ...

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Symbolism is often used in stories to represent more of a truthful meaning. ... We can notice it in people, objects, and events in the stories. I will be discussing how symbolism played a critical role in two short stories: The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara and Hills like White Elephants by Earnest Hemingway. ... Names used throughout the story were also utilized as symbols. ... Symbolism is an element in a story that gives it life. ...

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