Ernest Hemingway is an incredible writer often known for what he leaves out of stories and not for what the story tells. His main emphasis in Hills Like White Elephants seems to be symbolism. Webster's dictionary defines symbolism as the art or practice of using symbols. Hemingway was a master at investing the things that he wrote about with a symbolic meaning. He expresses invisible or intangible ideas in a way that makes you feel like you can reach out and touch them. He uses this technique to emphasize the importance of ideas. Hemingway leaves out the important details of this short story by symbolizing their meaning.

This short story is filled with symbolism. I had to read the story multiple times, and I'm sure that there are many that I will never find. Even the title can be analyzed a lot deeper to see the symbolism that is used in it. The "hills" can be associated with the shape of the female body during pregnancy and the "white elephants" symbolizes something that......

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Title: Ernest Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants.
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