The Hills

The site that I visited was Mercy Hill Church in Greensboro, NC. I went to a sermon, with some friends, that took place on a Sunday night. When we arrived at the church, we stayed together and observed the site. The members of this church all seemed to be within their twenties and thirties; there were a few younger children and a few older women and men, but not many. Most of these people seemed to be from Christian ethnic backgrounds or just unaffiliated with any ethnicity. The service was very…

Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”: The Norton Introduction to Literature (Hemmingway 590), is a short story that plays out in a bar. My initial assessment of the dialogue between a man only described as an American and what I believe is his girlfriend named Jig is one of amusement. It is just an interesting, lighthearted banter exchange between two individuals over drinks, passing the time until the train arrives. I was roughly half way through my initial reading when I slowed…

and Symbolism in “Hills Like White Elephants” A typical well-written short story incorporates various literary elements into building up an underlying message from the author. Specifically, an author would strive to deftly utilize the essential structural elements of a story such as a well-developed plot, detailed characterization, and concrete settings in creating a compelling narrative. Or, an author may put emphasis on one particular literary element to convey the theme. In “Hills Like White…

Whether it is media from television, social networks, or even a billboard on the side of the road, media has a huge impact on the world. In both articles, “Remote Control” by Sarah Marshall and “Sexual Representations in Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill” by Meghan Peirce, they argue the influences and effects media has on audiences. In the article, “Sexual Representation”, Peirce is more direct in than Marshall. In “Remote Control”, the argument of the media has an impact on the audience, that it…

Quinn and The Joker, fictional relationships have been known to capture our hearts for decades. But what lies beneath the surface of these seemingly wonderful pairings can only be shown through the characters themselves. In the classic short story Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway, characters play an important and necessary role. With little plot or background information to follow, readers must rely on the descriptions of the main characters and their surroundings to understand the…

Just Business by Alexander Hill Book Review Just Business Christian Ethics for the Marketplace. By Alexander Hill: Intervarsity Press, 2008, 276 pp; $14.95. Niquitha M. Dawson Alexander Hill’s Just Business is the first book that I have read that is based on Christian Ethics for Business. In Just Business Hill poses the question “Is A Christian Ethic Possible in Business?” (p.12) Hill gives us a base to support the application of Christian values and ethics in decision making in business. With…

Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” is primarily a conversation between the American man and his girlfriend, Jig. The story’s setting takes place in a train station surrounded by hills, fields, and trees in a valley in Spain. The story starts off with the two sitting at a table outside the station, waiting for a train to Madrid. Throughout the story, the two order drinks to pass the time. Hemingway’s story is filled with metaphors, which explain the context of his story. Drinking allows the…

Ernest Hemingway is a well known American novelist of the 20th century. He wrote an assortment of novels and short stories throughout his career. Two of his most famous short stories are “Hills Like White Elephants” and “A Clean Well Lighted Place.” Both of these works are written in a way that forces the reader to look beyond the general details to interpret the meanings of the stories. The significance of the works must be determined based on underlying themes and symbolism. This style of…

sometimes in life we hit hills and the only way to get past them is to go up them and then back down. Much like The American and The Girl who hit trouble and struggle to get through it. In "Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, The 'American' and "the Girl" relationship reveals its complexity through ignorance, selfishness, and not sharing the same vision for the future that eventually leads them to dynamically change. In hills Like White Elephants, hemingway illustrates a…

Emily Moscatello Professor Goldman ENC 1102 1/23/2017 Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway published “Hills Like White Elephants” in 1927 in his collection of stories called, Men Without Women. Hemingway tied in his personal struggles of building meaningful relationships in to each of his short stories. Hills Like White Elephants is a short story about a young couple struggling with the idea of having an abortion or keeping their unborn child. However, since the word “abortion” is…