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Hills Like White Elephants

by Ernest Hemingway

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Hills Like White Elephants

The use of character names in Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" and Carver's "What We Talk About" can highlight thematic contrasts in an essay. Hemingway's sparse naming, with "the girl" and...

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Hills Like White Elephants

"Hills Like White Elephants" and "Good People" both explore the theme of unplanned pregnancy and its impact on relationships. Hemingway's story uses a third-person objective view with cryptic...

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Hills Like White Elephants

Compare the literary elements and techniques in Tan's and Hemingway's pieces of literature. Compare point of view, narrators, chronology, tone, mood and symbolism.

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