Hills like White Elephants. Tasks - An Analysis of "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway. In this WebQuest students will be expected to read and re-read "Hills Like White Elephants", looking for examples of symbolism, imagery, analogy, and dialogue that may ultimately lead them to the meaning of the story.
After reading, it's not necessarily obvious to the reader as to what's actually happening in the story. Only through analyzing the literary devices listed above can a student truly know what Hemingway is "hiding under the water", so to speak. Task 1: In the first task students will be working individually. Students are to make a list (no less then 5 for each category) of examples of the following devices: symbolism, imagery, analogy, and dialogue in "Hills Like White Elephants".
Task 2: In the second task students will be working in small groups. Task 3: In the third task students will work individually. Hills Like White Elephants: Important Quotations Explained. 1.
“Yes,” said the girl. “Everything tastes like licorice. Especially all the things you’ve waited so long for, like absinthe.” Even though the girl had asked the American man to order the absinthe because she had never tried it before, she immediately puts her glass back on the table after the first taste, surprised by the drink’s sharp bite. She remarks that her drink tastes like licorice and then tries to subtly broach the subject of her pregnancy again, because the American had ignored her earlier comment that the nearby hills look like white elephants. 2. By this point, midway through the story, the girl has already retracted her previous comment that the surrounding hills look like white elephants, hinting that she wants to keep the baby instead of having an abortion. Hills Like White Elephants pt1. A Short Film Based on "Hills Like White Elephants" Hills Like White Elephants. "Hills Like White Elephants" cover 1 of 15.
Critics and Other Commentators. VCCS Litonline Directions: Though not a formal bibliography, the following list is arranged alphabetically by the writer's last name, mixing online and off, student and teacher commentaries.
Extended notes accompany sources not on this website, and longer summaries are set off in blocks. Other references not yet summarized are listed without notes. To search this page of summaries for an idea from the story, follow the directions and sample below. Sherlyn Abdoo, in "Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'" (Explicator, 49:4 [1991 Summer]: 238-40) focuses on Jig as the protagonist and the symbolism of the bamboo curtain in the doorway of the bar.
Christine Altman analyzes the conflict between Jig and her American in "Hills," in an essay lodged at this website. Paul Cioe, in " Teaching Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants': A Simple Operation" (Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction, 3:1 (2002 Fall), pp. 101-05), assesses the difficulty of the story for students. Gary D. Theodore L. Mountains through the Mist: "Hills Like White Elephants" partner work.
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