... , the white hills in the background, and the train station itself. Evidently, Hemingway refuses to provide any minor details in his work, and instead presents the reader minor clues and symbols to help establish a more in depth understanding and profound meaning. A distinct and perhaps the most obvious ongoing theme in "Hills Like White Elephants" is that of one's choices ... the controversial issue of unplanned pregnancy without including the words "baby" or "abortion." Doing this makes it evident that recognizing his use of particular themes and symbols through dialogue is essential in...

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... has become divided between her love and her child and she is unable to make the decision. An important factor in this story is how the author uses two specific symbols to portray the couple's indecisiveness, the two railroad tracks and the alcohol consumption. "The station was between two lines of rails in the sun" (Hemingway 236). Conventionally a train ... like White Elephants" is about a couple struggling to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. The author, Hemingway, never elaborates on Jigs decisions about the baby, but does provide us with enough symbols to figure out what she has deci...

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... represent the men's exploitation of women in American society. His point is made clear through the way he withholds extemporaneous information, his portrayal of the characters, and his use of symbols. When reading a story it is important to decide what issues the author is discussing, in his story Hemingway makes it clear that the only issue he wants the reader to ... hand which he then uses symbolism to further his argument. Banks once again is not vague the way Hemingway is, and he sees no use in creating hard-to-read symbols, instead he uses one clear obvious one. He uses the baby to...

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... ; has transformation into a beetle as an obvious theme, and many alternate discourses as hidden themes such as Grete's metamorphosis, which can be interpreted from the use of language and relevant symbols. Kafka's work has been extensively studied by scholars and has been described as inexhaustible because, "no single interpretation invalidates or finally delivers the story's significance." This reinforces the ... ...

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... Sea is) communicated in prose as calm and compelling as Homer's verse. No real artist symbolizes or allegorizes - and Hemingway is a real artist - but every real work of art exhales symbols and allegories"." (Hemingway, Ernest 785) The fundamental piece of this letter is the characterization of Hemingway as a real artist. Implying that clearly, there are people who are false artists, or ... ...

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... social conventions as in the English novel. While the most interesting achievement of American fiction lie not in realism but in abstract forms of romance' American literature is rich in symbols and codes, whether or not the artist fully realizes what is being attempted. These patterns exist in all literary forms. I will attempt in this summary to propose the suggestion that ... ...

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