1. The story is narrated in the third person point of view. Aside from dialogue, the story does not use "I." Instead, it uses his name, or refers to the character as "him" or "he."

2. The story starts off as third person objective. It's first told as how someone would observe from afar. The narrator makes assumptions, such as in the first paragraph of part one, "It did not appear to be the duty of these two men to know what was occurring…." In the third paragraph, the narrator is describing the main character, but he makes it sound more as assumptions than fact.

In paragraph four, the point of view changes from being objective to third person omniscient limited. "He looked a moment…" indicates that the narrator now knows what the character is thinking, what the character is looking at, etc. It continues to focuses on the thoughts of Peyton Farquhar; what he thought of as he looked at the water, how he thought of his family, and planned his escape.

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Title: Hills Like White Elephants - Symbolism
Approximate Word Count: 547
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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