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Part II: The Old Man and the Sea Summary “Part II” of The Old Man and the Sea begins with the author, Earnest Hemingway, placing the elderly fisherman in deep thought. Thinking of his main purpose in life, Santiago believes that his main purpose is to be a lifelong fisherman. Seeing that he was in the subaqueous part of the sea, he no longer had a view of the myriad flecks of the plankton. Furthermore, since he was deep into the sea, consequently, he decided to slumber for a while. However…

The Unspoken Power Struggle Earnest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” if read as written is a simple conversation about a couple drinking and taking in the scenery around a train station, but when broken down is actually a conversation about abortion. Many critics have analyzed the story from a descriptive and conversational stand point. From a descriptive stance they look at how Hemingway described the setting around the train station, and what the couple has with them. Whereas looking…

Every moment is essential in a short story; every action, every word, even every object mentioned. These objects carry with them deeper significance than their physical existence. They are called symbols. Ernest Hemingway fills his story, “Hills Like White Elephants” with an assortment of symbols that help portray the overall theme of the story. Through this symbolism Ernest Hemingway creates the world around the couple waiting for the train and further develops the seemingly petty squabble…

“A Clean, Well Lighted Place” is Hemingway’s paean to a type of existential nihilism, an exploration of the meaning, or lack thereof, of existence. It clearly expresses the philosophy that underlies the Hemingway canon, dwelling on themes of death, futility, meaninglessness, and depression. Through the thoughts and words of a middle-aged Spanish waiter, Hemingway encapsulates the main tenet of his existential philosophy. Life is inherently meaningless and leads inevitably to death, and the older…

Hills like white elephants is a story of a couple waiting at a train station in Spain. The couple is facing a big decision, to get an abortion or keep the child. As they talk, the conversation remains very vague and unreassuring. The couple never goes into detail of the abortion. Making the theme of this story: Clear communication is significant to make life decisions without a doubt. Hemingway expands on this theme by using symbolism, Point of view and setting in the story. The symbols clouds…

much younger one. He was married 4 times. With his first wife Hadley Richardson, they had a son John. With his second wife Pauline Pfeiffer they had Patrick and Gregory. He was then married to the journalist Martha Gellhorn and then finally to Mary Welsh. That goes to show how passionate was Ernest Hemingway involved his loves life and his writing work. He was a very active man, he was always traveling and looking for new challenges. In his late years he suffered the death of his mother and…

“Hills like White Elephant” by Ernest Hemingway focuses on the typical behavior between the American man and the girl whom is referred as Jig. Both characters spent time talking, consuming beer, and anticipating their train to arrive. At first their conversation was not crucial until both couple were debating whether the girl should get an operation done or not. The American convinced the girl to get the operation done and that everything would turn out to be fine. In the end, the American took…

In the short story, “Hills like White Elephants”, Ernest Hemingway parallels and amplifies the conflict between Jig and her American. The symbolism of the white elephants further emphasizes the subject of the story. Hemingway did a great job in comparing the white elephants to an unborn baby. The symbolisms in the story are white elephants, the train station, and alcoholic beverages. The white elephants symbolize a consequence no one wants which refers to Jig’s unborn child. In the beginning of…

Eric Hanks Hanks 1 Mrs. Jardin Short Fiction 16 October 2015 The Real Hemingway In Ernest Hemingway’s stores, the idea of male dominance is often shown in the relationships between the characters. Whether it’s intentional or not, these subtle traits can often be related back to Hemingway’s personality, and the time in which he grew up in. Constantly on the move and living in a time when males were often associated with being strong and brave due to the war, Hemingway’s…

“The girl was looking off at the line of hills. They were white in the sun and the country was brown and dry. ‘They look like white elephants,’ she said” (Hemingway 70). Completed in 1927, as recorded by Hal Holladay’s article Hills Like White Elephants, Ernest Hemingway published one of his most famous short stories called Hills Like White Elephants (1). In this piece and in his other works as well, Hemingway was notorious for using the “iceberg” technique to reveal the setting and situation of…