In the short story “Hills like White Elephants” written by Ernest Hemingway, I found there was a ton of symbolic meanings as the author told the story. This story gave a lot of opportunity for you to come up with a lot of your own conclusions. The plot of the story opens up at a train station surrounding by trees and hills in Spain. Hemingway gave a very descriptive detail that helps support the location. The story focuses on the two people in the bar at the train station. The two people appeared to be a couple. The author describes the couple as a young
Hispanic girl and her old American lover. This couple is having drinks at the bar while having an intimate conversation that eventually turns into a debate. The couple find themselves in a moral conflict. The moral …show more content…
In this essay I will analyze cover identify the author’s deeper meaning of the “Hills like white Elephants” and how this can easily portray the aspect human behavior in today’s society.
Hall 2
The first significant topic in the story while reading the “Hills like White Elephants” was the point of view. I found that this story is told in a third person point of view. I felt as if the author or the narrator of this story only implied things that were seen along with the dialogue instead of describing what the characters felt. I had to use my own imagination to draw a conclusion on how the characters really felt. An example of this was the both characters describe the setting of the atmosphere. The nameless American man in the story puts a lot of emphasis on heat and oppression, while the young lady puts more emphasis on the lines in the hills and how they were bright and sunny. In my opinion, the author is setting the tone for a central underlining conflict between the characters. The author is not only setting the tone for conflict he is
Hispanic girl and her old American lover. This couple is having drinks at the bar while having an intimate conversation that eventually turns into a debate. The couple find themselves in a moral conflict. The moral …show more content…
In this essay I will analyze cover identify the author’s deeper meaning of the “Hills like white Elephants” and how this can easily portray the aspect human behavior in today’s society.
Hall 2
The first significant topic in the story while reading the “Hills like White Elephants” was the point of view. I found that this story is told in a third person point of view. I felt as if the author or the narrator of this story only implied things that were seen along with the dialogue instead of describing what the characters felt. I had to use my own imagination to draw a conclusion on how the characters really felt. An example of this was the both characters describe the setting of the atmosphere. The nameless American man in the story puts a lot of emphasis on heat and oppression, while the young lady puts more emphasis on the lines in the hills and how they were bright and sunny. In my opinion, the author is setting the tone for a central underlining conflict between the characters. The author is not only setting the tone for conflict he is