Of the three types of conflict, man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. self, which is the dominant conflict in the story? Is this conflict resolved?
“The Stirring Within Her”
Throughout “Hills Like White Elephants,” the dominant conflict that remains is man vs. self. The decision to have this be the conflict provides insight on the girl as a character and the relationship that she has with the man, as well as aiding in the resolution of the short story. This conflict is instilled in the main character who happens to be known as “The Girl”. In this particular short story, the internal conflict is reflected into the plot and can be seen as an external conflict between “the man” and “the girl”. The two characters continue to debate …show more content…
The whole time she is thinking of what she feels she should do and about her baby. Which she clearly has her doubts towards either side because of how she still hasn’t made up her mind. She is the one who will have to make the choice to keep the baby or not. Much like the train the two characters will have to decide to get on, she will have to decide quickly whether or not she is going to get on board with this. It is conveyed that she truly cares about the decision she makes based on the amount of time and thinking she does in the story. This decision is not coming fast to her, which shows how much she really cares about what happens and the impact that her decision will have on not only herself, but the other people around her. All of the internal thoughts she has aids her choice in the end. She also seems to want to make the decision on her own by the way she acts towards her husband during their stressful conversation. She says, “Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?” The fact that the author states “please” this many times and doesn’t even use commas shows that he wanted this sentence to go on and on and he wanted to emphasize how the girl is feeling and get her point across. The decision she makes becomes so crucial because although it will impact her greatly, it will also impact the man as
“The Stirring Within Her”
Throughout “Hills Like White Elephants,” the dominant conflict that remains is man vs. self. The decision to have this be the conflict provides insight on the girl as a character and the relationship that she has with the man, as well as aiding in the resolution of the short story. This conflict is instilled in the main character who happens to be known as “The Girl”. In this particular short story, the internal conflict is reflected into the plot and can be seen as an external conflict between “the man” and “the girl”. The two characters continue to debate …show more content…
The whole time she is thinking of what she feels she should do and about her baby. Which she clearly has her doubts towards either side because of how she still hasn’t made up her mind. She is the one who will have to make the choice to keep the baby or not. Much like the train the two characters will have to decide to get on, she will have to decide quickly whether or not she is going to get on board with this. It is conveyed that she truly cares about the decision she makes based on the amount of time and thinking she does in the story. This decision is not coming fast to her, which shows how much she really cares about what happens and the impact that her decision will have on not only herself, but the other people around her. All of the internal thoughts she has aids her choice in the end. She also seems to want to make the decision on her own by the way she acts towards her husband during their stressful conversation. She says, “Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?” The fact that the author states “please” this many times and doesn’t even use commas shows that he wanted this sentence to go on and on and he wanted to emphasize how the girl is feeling and get her point across. The decision she makes becomes so crucial because although it will impact her greatly, it will also impact the man as