49 pages • 1 hour read
Ernest HemingwayHills Like White Elephants
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1927A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
What is the effect of the story’s minimalism? How is it achieved, and why does Hemingway choose this style? In your answer, address this short story specifically, not stories in general.
Even though abortion is never mentioned directly in this story, it is clearly what the couple are discussing. How does Hemingway communicate that to the reader without saying so directly, and why does the author use this indirection?
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