The story focuses on Harry and his wife as they are waiting for a plane to come and take him to a doctor or hospital, but Harry anticipates his imminent death. ... It is likely that Ernest Hemingway regretted not carrying out his own mission as a writer. ... In his first vision, he is traveling aboard a train, thinking about the "things he had saved to write, looking out the window and seeing snow on the mountains" (Hemingway 828). ... However, as the story reveals, "it was snow, all right, and it was snow they tramped along in until they died that winter" (Hemingway 829). ... Hemingway demon...

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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. ... Although the word abortion is never used in the story, the reader understands the concept through Hemingway's symbolism. ... Especially all the things you've waited so long for, like absinthe" (334). ... As the couple carry on with their drinks, the man continues to bring up the subject of abortion. ... They were all waiting reasonably for the train" (337). ...

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To Nick's surprise, once returning home to Seney, things aren't exactly how he remembered them to be and don't suggest the peace and hope essential for him to remain out of touch with his true feelings and horrible memories of war. ... Carrying on, Nick arrives, at what he believes is the best spot to set up camp, and does so. ... In the stories "Big Two-Hearted River" part I and II, Hemmingway specializes in using symbolism to reveal the hardships of moving on with his life after war. The fish in the "Big Two-Hearted River," never stop swimming, they continu...

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