Hills Like White Elephants Analysis

The short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is set in a small train station in Spain. The language and setting of this story enable the reader to explore themes such as communication, gender roles, choice, and control. Exploring the Symbolism in Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”…

Hemingway has used imagery to distinguish between the welter of emotion of Jig and the man’s simplistic feelings about the operation, yet the existence of man in the story can be understood as representative of the post – WWI expatriates. Developed as a reaction to the merciless, new, and technology…

The story opens with two lovers having a hot day and clearly at odds with each other. The scene depicts a place in Spain very near a train station which signifies a connection with the couple and where they might be heading. They went inside a bar and ordered a…