2.6.8 "Hills Like White Elephants" Reader Response Assignment
Answer the following two questions in concise paragraphs. Upload and submit using a Word document.
1. Hemingway once suggested that his purpose in such a story is to tell the reader as little as possible directly yet to reveal characters' motives and their conflict. How does this principle operate in this story? Where would you like to have more information (besides "he said" and "she said")?
As the couple wait at the train station, Hemingway chooses an indirect manner to reveal the tension between them begins to reveal the tension between them through dialogue. Although the conversation is brief and the remarks are short, it is clear that the couple is struggling with a problem.
Answer the following two questions in concise paragraphs. Upload and submit using a Word document.
1. Hemingway once suggested that his purpose in such a story is to tell the reader as little as possible directly yet to reveal characters' motives and their conflict. How does this principle operate in this story? Where would you like to have more information (besides "he said" and "she said")?
As the couple wait at the train station, Hemingway chooses an indirect manner to reveal the tension between them begins to reveal the tension between them through dialogue. Although the conversation is brief and the remarks are short, it is clear that the couple is struggling with a problem.