Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants"

Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants"

wow, now, after analyzing it I've came to a conclusion that this story could be interpreted in many ways. After reading it the second time it was clear that the girl was young and the man was an older male, which indicates that she was either ill or having his child.
My first interpretation was that they have committed an act that is considered taboo and had to run from someone or something. This short story could of been a horror or any suspenseful aftermath, drama, of even since fiction. But Hemingway made it clear that the characters here (names doesn't matter as if Hemingway wanted people to relate) have an age difference which leads to the most possible conclusion that she was in fact having a child.
The setting of shades and how the other side some a lot brighter is a clear indication of how life and death is in between their lives and how this decision is on the balance of life and death of their unborn child.

Added Yellow short story on the last hour, wasn't sure how to blog it like this one.

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