Hills Like White Elephants, By Ernest Hemingway

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Drama/ Film Adaption Essay In Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” expresses the controversial conversation between a couple about an abortion of their unborn child. There are significant differences between the short story and short film. The film altered the original story by making the problems in the relationship explicit to the audience rather than the in the story. First, the characters in the story’s personalities are conversely similar but different from the film. The woman character in the story is indecisive, not assertive, and not self- confident; however, in the film she is assertive, her main focus is making the man happy regardless of how she truly feels, and very logical. On the other hand, the man in the story is the dominant figure and very …show more content…

The difference between both film and story is the dialogue. The term “domestic” is thrown around a lot in the film. Domesticity is relating to the running of a home or to a family relation. The woman enforces the fact that one day she wants a family and a home, but the man has a conflicting viewpoint that he isn’t the domestic type. Secondly, the difference between both film and story is the symbolic meaning that only the reader will gain from the film. It is left vague in the story that the couple are expecting, which leaves the readers clueless of what the issue is. Immediately in the film, its clear something is wrong with the woman. She says “I’m going to be sick” and following right after she runs off the train to the restroom and initiates throwing up. Another helpful clue in the film

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