Hemingway was one of the best users of symbols and images. In the story Hills Like White Elephants, he has hidden symbols behind almost everything in the story. The main symbol in this story is the abortion. This is known in the story as the "simple operation." The whole story is about this couple that is considering an abortion. Each little part of the abortion is another symbol. The "white elephants" showed something they didn't want, in this case the baby. Even the smallest things, like t

Hemingway really made his mark in the twentieth century by setting a great example on how to write using the new modern characteristics. And it was because of writers like Hemingway this new writing style has stuck around. If he hadn't of ended his life in such a sudden way as suicide I'm sure he would of wrote many more great stories showing how the use of symbols and images can really strengthen a piece of literature. Hemingway's use of modern rules was in a world above many other great writers.

This story also gives you images of the happenings going on in the story. "The station between two lines of rails" gave you the image of a choice of which track or option in life they were going to take. Were they going to go the one direction and get the abortion (as planned) or were they going to choose the other track, keep the baby and go home. Hemingway also uses images to tell you the choice they make. When it says "he picked up the two heavy bags and carried them around the station to the other tracks" it is telling you that they changed their minds, chose the different path, an

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