Hill like White Elephants: A Short Story

Hill like White Elephants: A Short Story

Introduction

Theme is one of the complex elements of fiction that is different from a short summary or an argument set. It has a broad scope, and its idea lies behind a story. An important component every story is that it underlies broad ideas into small ones so, a theme in a story is a representation of its idea.

This essay has an objective to analyze how the literary elements in a story contribute to the larger narrative theme.

Discussion

Theme of the Short Story

Most of the theories are imaginary, and the story writer has an aim to make people understand and learn from the imaginary world. A number of symbols convey the theme of the story. A Hill like White Elephants is an illustration of the some of the symbolism of the story.

In this story, Hemmingway uses the life and death symbols in a coherent manner so as to explore the complex theme: the dilemmas that the remarkable life decision presents. The White elephant symbol is used by the writer so as to suggest that abortion is an insignificant or inappropriate activity. Along with this, many other images present a balance between life and death. The writer contrasts the station's arid landscape (death) with the vibrancy and the fascination of the colors in beyond areas (life). The final question in the story opens up the courage theme_ more specifically the search for courage and dignity in life. The Hemmingway story provides a ground of not only right and wrong, but it also considers what a reality in the true sense means.

Literary elements in the short story

The two important literary elements of the story are the setting and the symbolism.

Setting

The story writer described the setting ...