Compare And Contrast Hill Like White Elephant And A Work Of Artifice

There are a lot of similarities in the story “Hill Like White Elephants” and “A Work of Artifice”. Both stories show how men a trying to shape women. In the story “Hills” the man tries his best to convince his girlfriend that an abortion is the best option to save their relationship. He wants her to see his point of view of why a baby isn’t what they need in their lives right now, but having an abortion will get their relationship back to what it used to be. He is convinced that having an abortion will make them happy again cause the unborn child is the only thing making them unhappy. His trying to shape her mind to also believe that this is the best option for them and is stunting the growth of the girlfriend because the man isn’t letting her make the decision for herself.
In the poem “A Work of Artifice” the bonsai tree is used as a metaphor that a man is preventing the growth of a woman. A bonsai tree is small once it is cut at the roots and branches and the branches are then trained to grow in a certain …show more content…
Both paths are used as a message to make a simple life decision. Deciding what path to take is determine by fate it is meant for someone to take that path because it part of the destiny. The journey one takes down this path can lead to another path which helps them continue on their journey. Sometimes we have to let fate take the lead to continue our journey. Not all of our decision will be clear or will thought out, but sometimes we will make the wrong decision in our lives because it is part of what fate has in store for us. Though one could follow down the path that everyone else has taken maybe that path isn’t meant for you to go down. One can’t always be a follower in order to complete you own destiny you have to be willing to take that leap of fate to see where the path might take