Compare And Contrast Hills Like White Elephants And The Gift Of The Magi

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Both of these stories have an important message to show and teach about moral fortitude and attitude. For the story the “Gift of the Magi” the love of a couples have for each other and “Hills like White Elephants”, A white elephant symbolizes something no one wants. Compare the hill and symbolically of the baby.

I choose “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway’s the story is set at a train station in Spain. And “The Gift of the Magi” O. Henry took place in the window of Sofronie Hair goods the short story has all the expectations I want from a short story. It has a twist at the end which makes you think. , Two short stories those are well decrypted. A hill like White Elephants ‘talks about a couple, a man” and “a girl Ernest Hemingway
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Neither of the speakers truly communicates with the other, and the same is happening with Della and Jim. By these characters’ applying there owe Tone and Irony, Situational Irony to also include the Ironic Symbol. In the fallowing situations to find them self vulnerable to others taking advantage of each individuals weather is the sale of Della’s hair or the selling by Jim and the consumption of alcohol by Jig. In each situation we use our imagination and the used of metaphor by the writer. A use of imagery associated with these hills concerns the shape of a pregnant woman. Like the piece on “Hills like White Elephants” (“They look like white …show more content…
She knows that she is going to make the final verdict, even though she is asking for encouragement from the American. The girl also knows that in spite of her situation, their affiliation might not work out in any case. The choice to abort or not abort the baby is still with eventually life without the American. The girl continues with “Then I 'll do it. Because I don 't care about me” Saying she will do the operation in hopes of saving their relationship. But does she really want’s this as the outcome of the whole story. Now with“The Gift of the Magi” Della and Jim loved each other so much that they were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice and sell their prized belongings. They both made great sacrifices in order to have enough money to purchase what they each thought the other person would like. Both individuals strapped for cash and wanting to give each other. Della and her beloved husband the most luxurious gift for Christmas to express her deep passion for him, With only a dollar and some change to spend on Jim, Della is forced into a situation where she must find a way to acquire the suitable funds to spend on Jim 's gift, but how? On both of the stories puts the reader in the middle of an issue that must be resolved. At the end of each conclusion of the story they both work out on both situations. And finally I have come to a positive terms

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