Hills Like White Elephants, Ernest Hemingway
Name: Henri LaMere Date: 2/9/15 Period: 5
- What do you think is the main message of this story?
- The narrative switches between dialogue and setting. What is the significance of the hills and the train station?
- Towards the end of the story, the girl says, “Would you please please please please please please please please stop talking?” What causes her to reach this point?
- In your opinion, is the dialogue believable?
- How do you interpret the end of the story? In particular, the final lines:
“Do you feel better?” he asked.
“I feel fine,” she said. “There is nothing wrong with me. I feel fine.”
I interpret the end of the story as the girl not really being fine, but she is done talking to the man. When your not doing the best but someone asks you how you feel you always respond "I feel fine" so that the person your talking to won't worry, and will stop talking to you.
6. Write your own interpretive or evaluative question about the story. Feel free to contribute your question to our conversation!
What other kind of operation do you think the American and Jig could've been talking about?