Analysis of Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway Essay

Analysis of Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway In Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway relies on symbolism to convey the fore of abortion. The emblematic material objects, as well as the strong symbolic characters, helper the readers understanding of the underlying theme. The material objects that Hemingway uses to convey the theme are beer, the good and bad cumulationsides, and a coerce station among two tracks. The beer represents the couples, the American and the girls, usual good turn activity they do together. This b early(a)s the girl because thats all they do air at matters and try new drinks. This shows that the girl is tired of doing the same thing and wants to do something different, like having a baby and a family, instead of chance(a) around all the time. She wants to stop being a girl and fashion a woman. Hemingway then presents the reader with two contrasting hills. One hill on one side of the station is dull, desolate, and barren it h ad no shadiness and no trees, very desert like. However, the other hill on the other side of the station is beautiful, plentiful in nature, and had fields of grain and twisting along the banks of the Ebro River. Also on distributively side of the station where each hill is, there is a train track. These objects are symbolic devices trail the reader in realizing that the characters are in a place of decision. The railroad station is a place of decision where one must conclude to go one way or the other. The t...