Part oneHills Like White Elephants.

Part oneHills Like White Elephants. Such is called a mysterious short story by Ernest Hemingway, where a man and a woman sitting at a bar in Northern Spain and drink. They are waiting for the train to Madrid, talking with each other, and looking at the sun-drenched mountain on the other side of the Valley after the woman's view, looks like a white elephant. The story is told from a third person point of view. The Narrator tells quite neutral, what anyone who finds himself on the spot, will be able to hear and see. We therefore get no insight in the two people's thoughts. It is up to the reader to figure out what the conversation is about. The novel leaves the reader with many unanswered questions.It is obvious to most readers that Jig is pregnant, and that the American tries to persuade her to get an abortion. But succeed him to persuade her? Are they married? What's doing in Spain? Is Jig also American? Is the short story, as Hemingway's Nick Adam stories, partially autobiographical?Part twoHemingway wrote the short story, while he stayed in Paris, where he was a correspondent for the Toronto Star 1921-26. As a journalist, he had taught himself a simple style that works through understatement and exact reproduction of suggestions, physical details without using many descriptive words that stand between the lines plays a big role, and often it is excluded, there are history's true essence. In "Death in the Afternoon" (1932) describes Hemingway his style metaphorically by using a picture of an iceberg. Hemingway is one of the 20th century. century's most important writers, and has had a major influence on many modern authors, inter alia. the Danish writer Helle Helle.

Part one
Hills Like White Elephants. To name a mysterious short story by Ernest Hemingway, where a man and a woman sitting on a bar in northern Spain and drinking. They are waiting for the train to Madrid, talking to each other, and looking at the sun-drenched mountain on the other side of the valley, following the woman's mind looks like a white elephant. The story is told from a third person perspective. The narrator tells quite neutral, as anyone who is on site will be able to hear and see. We will therefore not have insight into the two persons thoughts. It is up to the reader to find out what the conversation is about. The short story leaves the reader with many unanswered questions.
It is obvious to most readers that Jig is pregnant and that the American attempts to persuade her to have an abortion. But he manages to convince her? Are they married? What are they doing in Spain? Is Jig also American? Is the short story by Hemingway's Nick Adam stories, partly autobiographical?

Part two
Hemingway wrote the novel while he stayed in Paris, where he was a correspondent for the Toronto Star 1921-26. As a journalist, he had taught himself a simple style that works through suggestion, understatement and accurate representation of the physical details without using many descriptive words. It stands between the lines play a major role, and it is often omitted, is history's true essence. In "Death in the Afternoon" (1932) describes Hemingway's style metaphorically by using an image of an iceberg. Hemingway is one of the 20th century's most important writers, and has had great influence on many modern writers, including the Danish author Helle Helle.

part onehills like white elephants. that is a mystery novel by ernest hemingway, where a man and a woman sitting on a bar in spain and drink. they are waiting for the train to madrid, talking with each other, and looks on the sunny mountain on the other side of the valley, after the woman's view, looks like a white elephant. the story is told from a third person perspective. the narrator tells completely neutral, what anyone located on site, will be able to hear and see. we should therefore have no insight into the two persons thoughts. it is up to the reader to find out what this conversation is about. the novel leaves the reader with many unanswered questions.it is obvious to most readers that the jig is pregnant, and that the american is trying to persuade her to have an abortion. but to succeed him to persuade her? are you married? what are they doing in spain? jig is an american, too? is the short story by hemingway's nick adams stories, partially autobiographical?part twohemingway wrote the novel while he resided in paris, where he was a correspondent for the toronto star 1921 - 26. as a journalist he had learned a simple style that works through hints, understatement and accurate representation of physical details without the use of many descriptive words. it is between the lines play a major role, and often it is omitted, which is the real essence. in "death in the afternoon" (1932), hemingway describes his style metaphorical by using a picture of an iceberg. hemingway is one of the 20. century's main writers, and has had a considerable influence on many modern writers, including the danish writer helle helle.