The Hills

‘City Upon an Hill’ – When John Winthrop gave his “City Upon a Hill” sermon, the Puritans were still making their way toward the New World. During this time, the Puritans were escaping pressures in England and wished to be able to practice their religion and live under their ideals without the oppression they faced in the Old World. Winthrop’s sermon allowed the Puritans to remain hopeful about their future endeavors in the New World and that their efforts would not be lost. Furthermore, this…

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…

I remember it clear as day, as if it was yesterday December 10, 2015. The day my sister and I had arrived in Slidell, Louisiana to witness the next day she was due to give birth to the unknown sex who is now my niece. In that day I had discovered that my monthly cycle of mother nature had soon yet to arrive. “No worries” I thought to myself sometimes my cycle could be irregular. As we arrived back home a week later there was still no sign of my monthly cycle, I had begun to worry. I…

A play that has been revered by critics as Shakespeare’s most difficult and compelling problem play has recently been performed at the Young Vic in The Cut, London. Joe Hill-Gibbins new production demands your attention throughout his new directorial feat of Shakespeare’s play, Measure for Measure. The two hour long play with no interval may seem daunting, but once the production begins the time flies. This Young Vic production holds no punches in grabbing your attention from the outset and…

The story of “Hills Like White Elephants” leaves clues on moral choices. One of the characters, the girl, gives a great example of a moral choice she made. The girl was with the man at a train station, surrounded by the sun, no trees, no shade. The girl was waiting for the train so that she could go to Madrid to have an operation. Having the operation was not the girl’s idea, it was the man who deiced to do so. While waiting for the train to arrive the man tried to comfort the girl that it was…

Without Women. Two particular short stories, “Hills like White Elephants” and “Indian Camp”, execute a mutual understanding of what it meant to be a woman in different eras, cultures, and geographical locations. Hemingway highlights the early stages of pregnancy and the moment of labor. While doing this, Hemingway also contributes to the notion of what is meant to be a man and the obliged power associated with manhood. Through two different scenarios in “Hills like White Elephants” and “Indian…

“Hills Like White Elephants” Analysis “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway follows an American couple. The American man and his girlfriend Jig are on vacation. They sit waiting at a train station in Spain next to the Ebro valley. The couple drink together and talk about the hills which “look like white elephants” (Hemingway). As the conversation goes on the American man brings up an operation which Jig was to undergo. The couple then argues whether or not Jig should get the…

Hemingway’s work polarises audiences with his economy of words. The lack of direct explanation frustrates some readers. On the other hand, some readers marvel at his use of symbolism to help the patient reader understand more about his stories. In “Hills Like White Elephants”, symbols play a large role in helping the reader understand the relationship and decision being made between the American and Jig. The curtain made of beads is symbolic of the couple’s attitudes toward each other and…

no point in living because life would be meaningless and people would not learn lessons the way they are supposed to. Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” depicts the stress and strain…

In the poems “Fern Hill” by Dylan Thomas and “in-Just” by e. .e cummings they focus largely on the concepts of growing up. The concept of losing one’s innocence is shown in both of these poems through the realizations in the last stanzas. That is when both of the authors realized that the innocence has been lost and things are not as they once thought that they were. Both of the authors told stories of their past to exemplify this, both poems I believe are written from the perspective of an…