The Hills

Rome is surrounded by the Tiber River and the Seven Hills. The Romans began to settle on the hills east of the Tiber during the Early Iron Age around 1000 to 800 BCE. The Tiber provides constant source of water for Rome. Since they are positioned in the middle of the Seven Hills, Rome was safe from the floods of the Tiber and able to defend themselves. The Italian peninsula take up the center of the Mediterranean basin. Italy is protected by the Alps. The Apennines leave two broad and fertile…

Even though "Hills Like White Elephants" was written in the 1920's, the topic of the story continues to be a controversial subject. The word abortion is never used throughout the story, but it is obvious early to the reader that the American is persuading a woman named Jig to undergo the procedure. It is evident she does not want the operation, but the American ignores her subtle hints. He pretends to be concerned with her thoughts and tries to moderate the difficult operation she is about to…

us, the opinions they may have about our actions. This can prevent a person from complete what they want, just because others don’t feel the same. There is one story in particular that fits quite perfectly with this description. The story is named “Hills like White Elephants”, predominantly about the main character Jib, having to choose between what she wants and what her love wants for them. Was her initialed action swayed because another man did not feel the same? Jib was to change her main…

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…

Comparative Analysis of Hills like White Elephants and Eveline Approach A tool that I used for the analysis is story grammar. In my opinion, its format is similar to mind mapping, which can really help us to see a clear story and picture. Another advantage is that when different aspects are combined together, it can form a major theme of fear as a love relationship between Jig and the American, from the story of Hills like the White Elephant, and the Daughter and Frank from Eveline. Theme…

village. The village, torn down and poor, was the place of suffering, fear, and death. The people suffered all day, having barely and food and water, and working all day. They seek revenge, revenge for the woman who did this, the Wicked Queen of Shadow hills. Will they get their revenge or will they fail to get what they want? It all started when the queen was passing through the village. At the time the village was at its highest peak of fame and fortune. She was jealous at how much fame,…

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Nothing beautiful is real; something aesthetically pleasing is often mechanically unfit. In the novel Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor on the 21st of December: Maxwell is hungry for starvation. Maxwell lives on the fourth crescent drive in Linden Hills. He hunts for the substance that will satisfy his unimaginable hunger for success via controlling himself, others, and the natural world. Gloria Naylor alludes to the fourth circle of Hell in Dante’s Inferno. The punishment in the 4th circle of…

In the case, 22 oncology patients at Paradise Hills Medical Center were given the radiation dosage more than it was prescribed causing adverse effects to patient’s health. It was careless mistake of medical staff. Instead of taking serious action against him the CEO and medical staffs decided to not to reveal the truth to the patients in a fear of hospital image, status and potential malpractice lawsuits. Once the board committee found out about this case they requested medical staff to notify…

Looking at Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” we will just see a couple arguing about abortion and whether the girl would go through with it. The couple believes that when Jig goes through with the abortion the relationship will automatically fall back to the blissful state it was before the obstruction of the baby come along. Hemingway said, “And if I do it you’ll be happy and things will be like they were and you’ll love me” (361). The girl is willing to go through with abortion,…