... Jig that he wants her to have the abortion, but that it's ultimately her "choice". Jig want to know if by having the abortion, it will solve their problems, and get their relationship back to normal. He tells her that their relationship has always been normal, and he is only "worried" about the pregnancy. When in reality ... these two stories are portrayed in two different point of views, there are still similarities. For example, both of the stories use the setting as an analogy for the internal problems the characters are having. In "Hills Like White Elephants" the struggle between Ji...

• Word Count: 1915
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... is trying to accomplish with his writing. In Hemingway's story, the American man and the girl drink alcohol throughout their conversation at the bar to avoid each other and the problems within their relationship. The heavy drinking in this story is used to represent the couple's usual activity that they do together. Their recreational activity bothers the girl because she says ... girl asks to order more drinks to put off the inevitable conversation about the baby. Although they drink mainly to avoid thinking about the pregnancy, readers get a sense that deeper problems exist in their r...

• Word Count: 1455
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• Grade Level: High School

... the girl's baby. Hemingway utilizes this bold topic to convey the idea of couples with lustful relationships and their inabilities to talk with each other and to deal with large problems. Throughout, "Hills Like White Elephants," Hemingway utilizes the element of characterization to describe the young woman's distraught situation. Jig is described to be a young woman that is having some sort ... on either side of the train tracks is also representative of the girl's thoughts of life with and without the baby. Hemingway incorporates the setting to directly relate to the problems that the...

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... to his father because "his father was non-committal". Krebs" relationship with his mother is ruined because of her constant nagging and in the end he blames her for his problems; "He had felt sorry for his mother and she had made him lie." In most of Ernest Hemingway's stories, the theme of woman versus man repeats itself. Hemingway, through his ... ...

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... himself- (Waldhorn 127). He realizes how important Catherine is to him and shows her this by bringing her with him to Switzerland. Ultimately, Frederic realizes that war does not solve problems and learns his basic values through Catherine in their adventures of love, war, and death during World War One. In A Farewell to Arms many conflicts come to pass for Frederic ... ...

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... 's nest in the wilderness and entered into the domain of Paris in the 1920's. More tragically, Ernest Hemingway's father suffered from diabetes, financial misfortunes, and chronic depression. All of these problems lead to his death by a self-inflicted pistol shot in 1928 just as Hemingway was beginning reap the material rewards of his advancing literary career. He looked back on his ... ...

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... loneliness. The older waiter is sympathetic to the old man, because he himself is lonely. He understands the significance of relationships while to the younger waiter money would solve all problems. These thoughts are typical for a younger individual. When the older waiter referrers to "nada-, nothingness, in his mind he is trying to explain to the younger waiter that perhaps he ... ...

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... .com) (4) Next, came the story, Soldier's Home that discusses the feelings of coming home from war with your parents showing shame and disgust and not understanding or worrying of your problems. From there he was offered a job with the Toronto Star Weekly and soon fell in love with Hadley Richardson and married her in 1921. They would soon move to Paris ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School