Hills Like White Elephants
In any story involving human interaction there is usually dialouge.In a short storyhowever , dialogue can take on even more significance- it can reveal the story's main In Ernest Hemingway's " Hills Like white Elephants" dialogue makes up ninety percent of the story.The conversation between two characters- the man and the girl- contains not only their feelings or attitudes, it introduces the subject, the source of the conflict. " It's really a simple operation, Jig"the man said. " Its not really an operation at all" It is these two lines that reveal what is at the heart of the story: abortion. Through the dialogue both party's feelings towards this issue are portrayed ; and through their attitudes Hemingway explores the wider implications of abortion.
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Approximate Word count = 539
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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