... important information about a subject without getting off topic or sharing irrelevant details. This strategy can be seen in Hemingway's In Our Time by the way that he wrote to the point, but also purposefully. One particular way that he did this was using short sentences that make the writing easier for readers to understand. Another way that he achieved this strategy was ... being very particular and wise about word choice. Hemingway would take a simple word with a basic denotation and use it in a way that gave it a deep connotation ... to convey purpose. Another aspect of Hemingway's...

• Word Count: 1461
• Approx Pages: 6
• 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 main tension within this story is that Jig sees the possibility of keeping her child and having a happy life, while the man fails to see the positive possibilities and works to persuade her ... to go through with the abortion. Hemingway uses ... from all of his stories and novels, leaving readers to sift through the remaining dialogue and bits of narrative on their own. Plenty of clues are provided...

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