... story contains, that most readers would not consider upon their initial understanding. In "Hills Like White Elephants" there is a commonplace opinion that the implied meaning of the two characters' discussion is about whether the girl should go through with getting an abortion (Link 4). Through this understanding many people assume that every other symbol in the story ... voluptuous girl," throughout the narrative while Gregor, the traditional male house supporter, deteriorates and turns into a beetle (Kafka 118, Straus 652). Gregor's metamorphosis demonstrates the dismantling of an ove...

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