Hills Like White Elephants

Ernest Hemingway

- Was born in 1927.
- American journalist.
- Bad relationship with women. (married five times)
- Very famous author, won nobel literature pulitzer prize
- Committed suicide.

- First wife travelled from Paris to Spain
- Story shows lack of communication in relationships
- Took experiences from his life
- Inspired by a conversation he had with his first wife (when she was pregnant for the seconde time)

Plan

Thesis Statement: Hemingway uses two literary elements: setting and symbolism to explore the issue of "abortion".

P1: Topic Sentence - main idea: Setting (Spain, rail station) to describe Jig and the American concerning a major
- Supporting evidence: "Two lines of rails in the sun"
- Supporting evidence: Openness and loneliness and heat
- Landscape (background)

P2: Topic Sentence - main idea: The hills "look like white elephants"
- Supporting evidence: unique and uncommon
- Supporting evidence: "shadow of a cloud" = aborted fetus