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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:…

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    Many stories have endings which leave the audience asking what happens next? They end with cliffhangers and loose ties which leave readers with deep curiosity and thoughts possible ways the story could have concluded. In Hills Like White Elephants, by Ernest Hemingway, at the conclusion of the story, the reader questions if a man and Jig, a woman, decide to either have an abortion or marry. In the early 1900’s, adoption and single parenthood were not viable options, restricting the couple’s…

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    “Hills Like White Elephants” The short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway was written in 1927. Ernest Hemingway was born in 1898 in Oak Park, Illinois. He worked as a reporter on the Kansas City Star; this was the start of his career. During this time, eighteen-year-old Hemingway was wounded while volunteering as an ambulance driver in World War I. Hemingway had many successes in his career. After moving to Key West, Florida, then to Cuba, he wrote one of his most…

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    Who Is Jig A Code Hero

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    Jig is a code hero, and she shows no emotions because they cannot, she has to be strong and brave. In November 1954, Hemingway became the sixth American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. His last years were very troubled he was physically and mentally ill. He committed suicide on July 2 1961. The Old Man and the Sea was Hemingway's last novel published during his lifetime. In “Hills Like White Elephants”, Jig is not going to have an abortion because she lives by the code hero to not show…

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    Santiago Symbolism

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    In the book The Old Man And The Sea, Ernest Hemingway included many institutions of symbolism. The Old Man And The Sea was the last book written by Ernest Hemingway in 1952 before his death in Idaho in 1961. The symbolism includes the comparison of Santiago when he was younger to the great baseball player Joe DiMaggio. Other examples of symbolism include; the marlin which symbolizes Santiago as his older and current self. Another use of symbolism is comparing Manolin, the young boy, to the…

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    “Antlers” and “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” - Compare/Contrast Rick Bass and Ernest Hemingway are two superb writers who created very different stories that hold the same values. Both stories have varying amounts of similarities and differences, such as motifs and themes, but in the end the pieces ultimately show how isolation and a meaningless storyline can represent something more than what it seems. By including the author 's life experiences and background, the final thoughts about each…

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    A living person is identified as someone that is a living creature, that includes having a range of emotions that distinguish character traits. A book that showcases this successfully is “The Old Man and the Sea” a novel written by Ernest Hemingway that was published on September 1, 1952. It tells the story of a fisherman named Santiago that has had no luck in catching fish in 84 days. There is also a boy named Manolin, and together they help each other in many ways until one day Manolin leaves…

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    Christian message: The old man struggles in the sea just like Jesus did and that is why Santiago is like a Christ figure. For example, Santiago injured his hands and that is what Christ did. Nature man: He says that the fish in the sea are his friends and also his brother. Friendship: The old man and Manolin show no matter the age you can be friends and they teach each other what they know and acknowledge each other with respect. Pride: Santiago’s pride is what gets him through the difficult…

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    Demise and Pride “Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” -Ernest Hemingway. In Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea Hemingway illustrates to the reader that the Old Man’s strong self-pride is nearly his demise. From the start of The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway paints a strong vivid mental picture of a stubborn old man. Whose skin is heavily leathered, thin and filled with deep wrinkles…

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    Santiago: a Hemingway Code Hero The Old Man and The Sea is a book about an introspective fisherman who has a sense of adventure. Santiago, the main character, goes out fishing and endures one of the greatest battles of his life. As most code heroes do, he perseveres and lives to see another day. He believes “a man can be destroyed but not defeated” (Hemingway 103). This mindset of his allows him to get through life each day. The old man never backed down even in the darkest of times. Above all…

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