In Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills like White Elephants, uses a conversation between a man and a girl to tell us a cruel story. The conflict between the man and the girl is their baby. The girl wants to keep the baby and establish a family with the man like her wish, but the man wants the girl to have an abortion. Throughout their conversation which dominates the story, the man is selfish and manipulates the girl. The man is misleading, exposing, captivating, and poisoning the girl; however, he is using words as his actions, which can cause deeper harm to the girl. The man misleads the girl. The man tells the girl that he will go with her and stay with her all the time. The man also explains the surgery is “just let the air in and then it’s all
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First, The man said: “Well, if you don’t want to you don’t have to. I wouldn’t have you do it if you didn’t want to. But I know it’s perfectly simple” (Hemingway 71). He never stops trying to manipulate the girl. For instance, in this sentence, the man uses “want to” and “have to” twice, but if the readers read it more carefully, they should be able to notice that before these words always have a negative word. The man uses negative words because he is duplicitous. The function of his negative words are to manipulate the girl to do what he wants. The true meaning of this sentence is the man tells the girl have to have an abortion, even though she doesn’t want to. If the man really cares about the girl, he wouldn’t say the first part of this sentence. Because he doesn’t care about the girl, he keeps to use duplicity and lie to persuade the girl to have an abortion. Second, the man states that “Of course it does. But I don’t want anybody but you. I don’t want anyone else. And I know it’s perfectly simple” (Hemingway 72). The man uses the words “perfectly simple” repeatedly. The man keeps to use the word “simple” to hypnotize the girl. Through their conversation, the man never stops lying to the girl. Probably he is considering that if he keeps telling the girl an abortion is simple, then the girl will trust him. The man likes to use duplicity to cover his true intention. Every time when he tries to say something that shows how much he loves the girl, he keeps adding a negative word. Why he always do this? Because Hemingway wants to highlight duplicitous in the story, the man continually uses fine sounding words to hide his inner thoughts. The man always talk to the girl with what she wants to
First, The man said: “Well, if you don’t want to you don’t have to. I wouldn’t have you do it if you didn’t want to. But I know it’s perfectly simple” (Hemingway 71). He never stops trying to manipulate the girl. For instance, in this sentence, the man uses “want to” and “have to” twice, but if the readers read it more carefully, they should be able to notice that before these words always have a negative word. The man uses negative words because he is duplicitous. The function of his negative words are to manipulate the girl to do what he wants. The true meaning of this sentence is the man tells the girl have to have an abortion, even though she doesn’t want to. If the man really cares about the girl, he wouldn’t say the first part of this sentence. Because he doesn’t care about the girl, he keeps to use duplicity and lie to persuade the girl to have an abortion. Second, the man states that “Of course it does. But I don’t want anybody but you. I don’t want anyone else. And I know it’s perfectly simple” (Hemingway 72). The man uses the words “perfectly simple” repeatedly. The man keeps to use the word “simple” to hypnotize the girl. Through their conversation, the man never stops lying to the girl. Probably he is considering that if he keeps telling the girl an abortion is simple, then the girl will trust him. The man likes to use duplicity to cover his true intention. Every time when he tries to say something that shows how much he loves the girl, he keeps adding a negative word. Why he always do this? Because Hemingway wants to highlight duplicitous in the story, the man continually uses fine sounding words to hide his inner thoughts. The man always talk to the girl with what she wants to