Desiree's Baby And Hills Like White Elephants: A Literary Analysis

Out of all of the unique stories we have covered in class I feel as though two stood out among the others. These two stories have a very close connection in my eyes based on the conflict in the stories as well as the time period in which the stories were delivered. Written less than thirty years apart “Desiree’s baby” by Kate Chopin and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway are very similar in their topics as well as their turn of events and how the authority of men prevails in both stories and shows the difference in the time period as opposed to present day by allowing men to assert their dominance. These lead to two very interesting stories and give the reader a look at the issues at the stage of pregnancy in one story and the

the story begins after the birth of the child so we do not see he pregnancy. By not allowing us to see Desiree’s pregnancy we cannot make a decision as to whether or not Desiree and Armand were happy together and glad to be having a child or if the pregnancy was an accident and they weren’t sure what to do. This leaves us with many questions that we never do get the answers too but we can assume the relationship wasn’t always a happy and good one from the beginning due to the sudden mistrust and questioning that occurs later in the story such as is Armand has been cheating on her an is the slave child is actually Armand’s as well. This is the complete opposite in “Hills like White Elephant’s”. From the begin of the story Hemmingway gives us a look at the pregnancy and shows all of the questions that are raised during this time period. Although unlike the first story we never will get to see if they decide to have the child and see life for the two of them after the birth it still shows us all of the questions and answers that were raised that we never got answers to in “Desiree’s