Comments on: Hills Like White Elephants Complete Story

By: ashwini

ashwini — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:11:49 +0000

it was nice, b coz our sir was not giving us notes ..it helped me a lot..

By: It's not hard

It's not hard — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:22:21 +0000

SHE KEEPS THE BABY

By: Best of 2009 « Rae Bryant

Best of 2009 « Rae Bryant — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:59:23 +0000

[...] with the additional cringe at my own appreciation of Hemingway’s manly manness, but “Hills Like White Elephants” is sublime as is The Sun Also Rises. Gertrude Stein is rolling in her grave. Sorry [...]

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:21:20 +0000

I guess I’m tired, but I really didn’t appreciate the “symbolism” and being given “so much information in an indirect way”. Just tell me what the heck you’re talking about, and give me dialogue that isn’t so difficult to follow. I didn’t like this story, and I *am* an educated person.

By: The Arts: On Writing and Publishing - 100 Days (Or Less) Part Fourteen:Day Nine

The Arts: On Writing and Publishing - 100 Days (Or Less) Part Fourteen:Day Nine — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:22:51 +0000

[...] You can also have the Objective Point of View. Here the writer (you!) tells what is happening through the story’s action or what the characters say, but never tells what the characters are thinking. As a writer, you are simply an observer. This is best for a story that is mostly action and dialogue. Take a look at Hemingway’s short story, “Hills Like White Elephants” for a good example of this direct observer. You can find it as: http://www.gummyprint.com/blog/archives/hills-like-white-elephants-complete-story/ [...]

By: Teller

Teller — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:15:54 +0000

There is a song called “Hills Like White Elephants” at the above website…

By: danielle

danielle — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:05:27 +0000

Well, he describes their luggage: “There were labels on them from all the hotels where they had spent nights.” It sounds to me that they maybe are together traveling, exploring different places, and then this happened, and the American really doesnt want to stop this lifestyle, he enjoys it. With Jig being with child, he sees it as the end to his travels and explorations. So, to better answer that, I don’t think that they went to Spain to have the abortion, but that they might have found out on the way to one of their destinations, so they found a location to ‘get it taken care of’ on route to where it is that they might be traveling/visiting. Also I’m not sure if anyone took the time to look up what Jig means, I looked it up. There were a lot of definitions, but one that caught my eye in relating to this story were an old fashioned slang used to describe a good time. Could that be what the American thought Jig? It seems so.

By: rita

rita — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:22:48 +0000

why do they go to Madrid? To get an abortion?

By: aiun

aiun — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:46:26 +0000

this is my homework….

intimate language..

By: Tina Newton

Tina Newton — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:15:52 +0000

un Alex, you could just go do something else

By: alex escott

alex escott — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:40:51 +0000

sorry abortion its to late to be doing homwork

By: alex escott

alex escott — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:39:44 +0000

yes abourtion what do you thinck it is?

By: Tina Newton

Tina Newton — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:34:40 +0000

abortion?? if u say so well which critical analysis approach could best be used with this story?

By: dont matter ha

dont matter ha — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:19:44 +0000

this is a dumb story

By: alex escott

alex escott — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:59:56 +0000

i kept waiting to get kicked in the face with what the operation was had to read it a few times to realize it was an aportion. to lene’s coments firt of all its pretty clear she is going to do whatever her man wants so she mind as well drink, secound of all, the story takes place in the 20’s they just dont have the facts we have the benifte of today.
i was struck early on by hemingways use of the line “The American and the with him” i hemingway was known as a drunk abusive man with no respect for women right? evan though he trys to make the chouse the s i dont belive it is

By: lene

lene — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:46:29 +0000

I really enjoyd reading this story but one thing I do not get is why she drinks while she is pregnant!? I meen that is just so irresponsible, isn’t it?

By: Lateef

Lateef — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:20:20 +0000

These last few comments are fantastic observations – I do invite you to read through my own literary analysis, which I have posted on this very website:

http://www.gummyprint.com/blog/hills-like-white-elephants-literary-analysis/

By: Pogue-Hillel

Pogue-Hillel — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:20:14 +0000

Great comments Hillel crew. I’m happy to see how many of you took this opportunity to voice your opinions. Great points about symbolism and characterization. Food for thought: What can we infer about Hemmingway from his treatment of the subject matter and characters in this particular story? We’ll continue to explore this question…

By: Nate Rubin

Nate Rubin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:19:12 +0000

This short story was unlike any other I have read before. I really liked how Hemingway gave us a lot of information through symbolic meaning rather than just outright saying it. When the story talks about the operation, you must look back into the story and figure out the clues, such as the tension between the two and the wishful thinking about what could possibly be the future in order to understand that she is having an abortion. Hemingway did not really tell the story. Rather he let us figure it out for ourselves. What I really enjoyed about this story is how there is no clear cut ending. The reader does not know what takes place in the end and it is open to interpretation. This story was well written and had a unique style, one I have not seen before.

By: Makover.Hillel PD C

Makover.Hillel PD C — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:36:07 +0000

I thought that this wasa great story. It was really opened ended as the two main characters sort of danced around what they were exactly talking about. When i read it the first time i had no idea what they was going on. But after rereading it a few times i nitced some of the symbolism and started to pick up hints, such casual hints, such as the girl looking away when asked about the operation, that Hemingway drops in the course of the story. Overall, I thought it was very cleverly written and trukly is a great story.