A Split World: An Hemingway Research Paper

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Recommended: Critical analysis of Hemingway's short story "Hills LIke White Elephants

Ernest Hemingway wrote “Hills Like White Elephants” to open the reader’s eyes to issues that society is still fighting with today. He writes in simple dialogue so anyone can understand but within his story show rare truth which could not be seen on the surface. Writings about society and culture is recognized as Modernism texts. “A usage, mode of expression, peculiarity of style, etc., characteristic of modern times. Later more generally: an innovative or distinctively modern feature.”(OED) In other words, relating current events and their problems in plain text that almost seem harsh. This is the opposite of how a combined body of people think. Instead we try our best to glamorize the wrong and nastiness of our society. Ernest Hemingway overstep those boundaries to create a mirror of our own self to enhance our judgments of hush issues.

After reading “Hills Like White Elephants” the first thought that enter my thinking was why did he chose to name the man, “American” and the women named “Jig.” Jig is defined as a black, African-American.(OED) My interpretation of this description is Hemingway did not want to describe them as a race but as every race. Why was he so casual about it? If he was more pacific about the race of the couple would you instantly know what they where discussing about without much thought? . It accord to me that using any race if opposite will trigger the immediate conclusion; abortion or shame of relationship. But testing the same theory with the same race couple does not ignite any obvious assumptions. Even though the description of the couple was very limited, Hemingway ushered a new way to write about bitter affairs. “In the mental and emotional bases on his work, his lack of temperament and mind lies...

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...elationships, gender communication, culture influences and abortion.

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Adams, J. Donald. "Ernest Hemingway." The English Journal Part 1 28.2 (1939): 87-94. JSTOR. Web. 23 Apr. 2011. http://www.jstor.org/stable/805314.

Blake, Nigel. "Between Postmodernism and Anti-Modernism: The Predicament of Educational Studies." British Journal of Education Studies 44.1 (1996): 42-65. JSTOR. Web. 23 Apr. 2011. .

Rossi, Alice S., and Bhavani Sitaraman. "Abortion in Context: Historical Trends and Future Changes." JSTOR. Guttmacher Institute, Dec. 1988. Web. 23 Apr. 2011. .

Smiley, Pamela. "Gender-Linked Miscommunication in " Hills Like White Elephants"" The Hemingwy Review 1988, Fall 1988 ed.: 2-12. Google Scholar. Web. 23 Apr. 2011. .

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