The repetition of the word outside in the first sentence highlights how all the negativity is taking place outside of the hotel room and the detail also creates an image of being in a mothers womb. Being in the womb symbolizes comfort and protection, much how like Frederic then feels with catherine inside the room, while all the harm is outside. Also the image of the womb symbolizes a temporary comfort and happiness. The image proves Frederic’s constant point that death and sadness is unavoidable. Frederic's thoughts here are initially positive he feels comforted, focusing on how Catherine's presence alleviates his feelings of loneliness but you begin to notice his attitude change when he uses retrospective narration by accentuating the dismal mentality that the
Setting in “Hills Like White Elephants“ The scene in the short story “Hills Like White Elephants“ by Ernest Hemingway opens with description of a landscape in the valley of the River Ebro in Spain. The country is brown and dry and the valley is surrounded by long and white hills. There is a railway station between the two rails, where people are waiting for the express from Barcelona to Madrid, which is about to come in 40 minutes. There is a bar which provides an escape from the heating sun since there are no tress and no shade anywhere else in the valley. The short descriptions of setting may not seem very detailed but combined with dialogues they tell us the true meaning of this three and a half page story.
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process by which an egg is fertilized by sperm outside the body, a treatment for infertility. The article I chose is about reducing the risk of multiple births which seems to be a major problem with IVF. The problem is due to a large number of embryos being transferred in treatment cycles. During IVF, normally its three or more embryos, but a few suggest no more than 2 embryos should be transferred at a time. If only 2 embryos were transferred it would not reduce the chance of pregnancy but could very well reduce the chance of multiple births.
The American discounts the young woman’s remark and keeps drinking (Napierkowski, par. 2). This statement and the title are symbolic to the meaning of the story. At the time the story was written, it was well known that if one was given a white elephant then they are given an unwanted and useless gift. This leads the reader to believe that this is what the story is about.
The reader immediately notices the absence of any hard evidence. She omitted statistics, facts, polls, and testimonies. Although this argument could be effectively made without the use of hard evidence, it would have been significantly stronger if Dumas chose to use hard evidence. She could have given a statistic of the number of foreigners in America or the amount of American citizens that have the name Firoozeh. This would have given the reader a better idea of how unique and unusual her name is in American society.
Paper One Literal meaning of “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway The story starts off with a detailed description of a train station surrounded by white hills, grassy fields, and trees in Spain. An unnamed man and his girlfriend are sitting at a table in a bar outside the station. They are waiting for a train to Madrid. The weather was very hot, and the man decides to order two beers from the female bartender. The girlfriend says that the hills in the distance look like white elephants, which the man says that he has not seen one.
Section 1: • Topic Sentence: o After only reading the title and the first paragraph, the idea that both the hills and white elephants appear to be symbolizing a certain choice involving something precious yet burdensome. • Supporting Evidence: o Description of hills on the first side: by Jig • “No shade” • “No trees” o References the title on the very first page: • “They look like white elephants” Goes back and says that they don’t actually look like elephants (does this mean that she only wanted to mention white elephants for no apparent reason?) o Description of hills on the other side: by Jig • “fields of grain and trees” • “beyond the river” makes it seem way cooler/colder than the other side • Mountains in the distance In comparison to hills on the other side • Shadows from clouds are found on this side No shade on the other o Each side appears to represent a choice, one seeming to be the very obvious, 2nd side, and one seeming not as good, 1st • Topic Sentence: o Hemingway chooses words and phrases that subtly give off hidden
The Decision to Grow Up In Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants,” we are shown how fragile a relationship between two lovers is once reality sets in. Hemingway puts us at a “train station between two sets of tracks in the sun.” The sun seems to represent reality and the bright light of day that we are all faced with at some point in our lives. The man chooses to sit in the warm shadow of the building, perhaps to block out the light of the reality that he and Jig are facing, the choice of how to handle this unwanted pregnancy. At this train station there is a bar and when alcohol is mixed with the shadows the man is able to find comfort from the sun and the ever-present choice that he must deal with in the event that Jig chooses to keep the baby. Jig is referred to as a girl, but she is in fact a young woman faced with the problem many young women find themselves faced with.
Hemingway portrays both of his characters in several different ways by simply modifying each characters dialect and language use towards each other and when speaking about their surroundings. “’They look like white elephants,’ she said. “I’ve never seen one,” the man drank his beer “No, you wouldn’t have,”’ (223). Formal dialect takes place throughout the story when the young women and young man speak to each other casually or in some cases very sternly. The young couple chats about things like liquor, weather, and hills without any sign of tension or confusion.
Jig is faced with more than this though. She must make a choice that is difficult and complex. Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”, articulately displays imagery to set the scene, the theme is discussed without ever saying it, and has symbolism to show the barriers between the lovers. As the scene is set, Jig enjoys the beauty of the fields of grain and the view of the Ebro River through the trees. Despite the beauty of their surroundings, the tension is set by the warmth of the day and the back and forth conversation between her and the American.