The Hills

(Weeks Jr., L. E., 1980) The themes of “Hills like White Elephants” are the “choices and consequences” of an unmarried couple in the midst of a disagreement about abortion, which the American believes in the choice for abortion will free them to what they were before and Jig believes more realistic consideration of the choices and consequences. “Doubt and ambiguity” is another them that covered through the whole story, which the American is not careful of how he communicate with Jig, and Jig is…

The Lamont and Hill reading provides us with a multifaceted framework for understanding the connection between culture and behavior-- behavior which may be deemed “dysfunctional” or “marginal” in the majority social context-- by providing “frames, cultural repertoires, narrative, symbolic boundaries, cultural capital, and institutions” as forms that culture can take in influencing behavior. Using the forms in no way allows us to construct a causal relationship between culture and behavior,…

Also, Brad Kramer writes that he is “utterly overjoyed” at the opening and operations of the new library (Fetter, 1984, p. 8). Controversies such as this one, as well as every year in Chapel Hill, arose commonly in 1984. One issue along with undergraduates in the Davis library, was the distribution of playboy magazines in the student stores (Fridl, 1984, p. 1). The chairman of The Association of Women Students, Margie Walker, felt as if the…

two wonderful boys. I made the decision to leave because after all those years neither of us was happy, and of course neither of us wanted to admit it. This decision was life changing for not only me, but for my family. Like Jig in the story “The Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway I was caught between the man I thought I love and his feelings, and my own. Even though I chose to marry this man was I staying for the right reasons? The reasons being staying with him for the children,…

How to Declaw a Tiger C. Pam Zhang’s thrilling novel, How Much of These Hills Is Gold, describes a Chinese-American family in the 1800s–Ba, Ma, Lucy, and Sam–struggling against racism and discrimination. Ba is a Chinese man who was raised by Native Americans and lived his life prospecting, always hoping to strike gold. Ma is a foreigner who immigrated from China with hopes of finding success in the rumored riches of the land. Lucy and Sam, both daughters of the two, express opposite…

The view from the top of Vernon Hill, a low-income neighborhood in Worcester, MA, is reflective of both of my lineage and my current identity with aspirational career goals. It is also the scene in the opening paragraph of my book that connects my family history with my professional ambitions. My personal story inspires my academic hopes of becoming a lawyer who fights for the underprivileged and helps create access to educational opportunities for them. As Irish immigrants with limited…

woman is. Notably, hearing stories about people diagnosed with cancer, such as Callie Hill, impacts my perspective since having a positive outlook seems crucial in the time a person is diagnosed with cancer. Additionally, I appreciate how open Callie Hill is when she elucidated on the matter of her breast cancer and breast implants, not to mention, her emotions during her time with cancer. Nevertheless, Callie Hill proclaiming that her breast not defining her and her statement of how “you need…

This is an explication of the poem Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas. explications are very helpful in fully understanding a poem completely. This poem is about how carefree this man was when he was younger and how much and how fast Time took those fun things away from him. The speaker of the poem is a man, looking back on his youthful life, remembering all the details he did not care about when he was a child. The setting of this poem is on a farm with a beautiful countryside. Stanza one talks about…

I like to define it as being different from others, having or being composed of different elements. What makes you different from others is a good way I like to think of diversity. Going on into intersectionality, I feel that in the book, Patricia Hill Collins goes into depth about intersectionality and how everyone has multiple group memberships that can crisscross or create different realities for people. How our lives can be intersected with other individuals, based on their genders, classes,…

Formalism The short stories Pilon, Hills Like White Elephants and The Sleepover all focus on the relationships of females to males in various stages of life. By analyzing similarities and differences of the setting, characters and symbols from a formalist standpoint, one can conclude that formalism is able to accurately convey the struggle women face throughout their lives. The setting of the three stories serves to emphasize the tone of the passages. Both Hills Like White Elephants and…