Ernest Hemingway is known for being a master of dialogue. He makes his characters speak like if they were actually real. Yet, after reading it for a couple of times and a close examination of his dialogue it reveals this is rarely the way people really speak. Ernest Hemingway was an obsessive reviser, he seeks for his point to be discovered and paints a vivid picture of the setting in the mind of the reader. In “Hills like White Elephants”, Ernest Hemingway uses the imagery of the setting to symbolize the women’s indecision towards her abortion, captures the involvement of human interaction through subtlety and perception, and this short story represents in today’s society how women are still inferior to the opposite sex.
First of all, symbolism is the main key in this short story. For example, the landscape represents light and darkness. On one side of the hills we have a beautiful view that has a rich green vegetation. “Across on the other side, were fields of grain and trees along the banks of the Ebro” (Hemingway 477). On the opposite side, we have an unlovely view where there are no trees, no life and essentially is just a brown, burnt landscape. This can be a visual representation of the choice the couple has to face in a matter of two minutes. Furthermore, Jig spoke in her purest form and said the …show more content…
His words are simple, powerful and uniquely brilliant. In “Hills like White elephants” there was a lot of hidden symbolism that didn’t meet the eye at first. Hemingway uses only misleading words and paints a truer picture of what lies beneath the couple’s toxic relationship. This short story portrays in today’s society that women are inferior to men. In reality we have been living in this era of this society for way too long were women are shunned, they are not given the voice or the platform to pursuit their own career, to pursuit their own life. Hopefully, one day women will not be damsels in
First of all, symbolism is the main key in this short story. For example, the landscape represents light and darkness. On one side of the hills we have a beautiful view that has a rich green vegetation. “Across on the other side, were fields of grain and trees along the banks of the Ebro” (Hemingway 477). On the opposite side, we have an unlovely view where there are no trees, no life and essentially is just a brown, burnt landscape. This can be a visual representation of the choice the couple has to face in a matter of two minutes. Furthermore, Jig spoke in her purest form and said the …show more content…
His words are simple, powerful and uniquely brilliant. In “Hills like White elephants” there was a lot of hidden symbolism that didn’t meet the eye at first. Hemingway uses only misleading words and paints a truer picture of what lies beneath the couple’s toxic relationship. This short story portrays in today’s society that women are inferior to men. In reality we have been living in this era of this society for way too long were women are shunned, they are not given the voice or the platform to pursuit their own career, to pursuit their own life. Hopefully, one day women will not be damsels in