... "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway. In Hemingway's short story, "Hills Like White Elephants," reader discover a female character, Jig, who came to a point of her life, when she has to make a choice, a difficult choice, which will affect her life from now on. Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" explores ... of the valley shows her disappointment with this lifestyle. The other side of the valley has mountains and "fields of grain and trees" (Hemingway 24). The rich, more fruitful side of the valley represents the life Jig longs for. She wants a family life. The selfish A...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Hills Like White Elephants," by Ernest Hemingway is a short story about an American man and a girl named Jig who are confronted with a difficult issue of whether or not terminate a pregnancy. The ... theme of the story. Hemingway's writing style in this story is well crafted. His simple style and taut dialogue pull readers into the story, and he shares just enough about the couple to keep the readers interested. He tends to strip everything but the bare essentials from all of his stories and novels, leaving readers ... lot about the impending abortion (Littleton 1). In response to Jig's comm...

• Word Count: 1455
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School