Short Story Exam 1
In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants”, Ernest Hemingway explores the
human transition of character from following to leading, depicting how life’s situations
bring about a change in the way one makes decisions in life. Hemingway develops the
thematic meaning through the two main characters, the man and the girl, in the setting,
and in the use of symbolism.
Thematic meaning begins to unfold through the two main characters. The first
character is the girl. The girl is a quite selfish immature follower. She is a young woman
who thinks she is in love. The girl desires a father figure in her life. She wants the love
and attention she never received from her own father. She lets the man lead her and
become this figure that she desires to have. Carelessly being coaxed into a sexual
relationship, she gets pregnant. Being a follower, she tends to listen to the man and
allows him to make desions for them both. Her......
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