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In “Hills Like White Elephants” the reader is set inside the troubled relationship of the man and the girl. First, the man tries to tell the girl what to do with her body. Next, the man and the girl only find temporary relief from their arguing. Lastly, the man tries to control the direction of their relationship. The man is controlling while the girl is hopeless in several ways. First, the man tries to tell the girl what to do with her body. The girl brings to the man’s attention the hills:…

In Sara Gruen’s “Water for Elephants”, due to his single-minded desire for Marlena, Jacob achieves beyond what might have seemed possible for him. He committed adultery, attempted to kill August in an act to protect Marlena and even bought back the animals and went back to veterinary school, to make her happy. Upon meeting Marlena, Jacob’s core morals such as integrity remained the same, although he developed traits such as bravery, compassion and ambition. Jacob committed an act that most…

outside world. Besides, the perception varies along with individuals’ experiences, belief, personality, and volition. Charles Siebert, in his essay “An Elephant Crackup?”, argues how scientists attempt to treat elephants’ posttraumatic stress disorder caused by human beings’ violent attack to their herds in a sanctuary where caregivers can join in elephants’ family based on a new “trans-species psyche”. The “trans-species psyche”…

White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway. These two stories at first glance may not appear to have much in common, but if reread over a couple more times, these two stories do have several similarities, such as the settings of each story, aspects about the characters, and the overall emotions throughout the story. Although, these two stories do have similarities,…

“Popular Mechanics” by Raymond Carver and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway deal with an important human issue in life. In Popular Mechanics the couple fights over their relationship and who keeps their baby. “In Hills Like White Elephants” the couple fights with each other about whether or not to have an abortion. The human issue in the stories is that couples should always communication in every situation in their daily life. However, the couple in these stories have…

constantly being manipulated by others because we value their opinions, but we are also being influenced positively by being inspired by others’ actions which can cause us to become determined to succeed and achieve our goals. George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” and the excerpt from Randy Pausch’s “The Last Lecture” both help demonstrate the two different sides of this spectrum. George…

In his book ‘do not think of an elephant’, he author is keen in outlining the different American values which most individuals are unable to progressively articulate. Osborn also manages to show how different groups of people frame their issues(Osborn 307). Being a popular policy maker…

readers to connect the dots for themselves when reading his stories. A hundred different people could read one of his pieces of writing and come up with a hundred different ideas on what he is writing about. In the short story, “Hills Like White Elephants” Ernest Hemingway creates a narrative piece. It is a dialog between an American man and a woman named Jig. The two of them are sitting at a train station in Spain; waiting for a train to go to Madrid. The conversation that they are having…

In “Hills Like White Elephants,” the readers follow a couple’s conversation as they wait for the train. While following this conversation the reader will see the barriers and deterioration the couple goes through. There are stages in a relationship that are based off of communication, which is called interpersonal relationship. Throughout this story, the readers will get to witness the couple pass through a few of these stages. Communication is key to building a strong relationship and comes to…

The Production of Hills like White Elephants Hills like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway explores the idea of abortion and the argument that comes with it. I will be creating a production to help bring to light some of the key and critical points throughout the story. First, I will be introducing the idea of sterility and fecundity through my layout of the production. However, through specific dialogue I will be able to highlight the critical moments in the story. Finally, the ending of the…