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Short Story Exam 1

In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants", Ernest Hemingway explores the

human transition of character from following to leading, depicting how life's situations

bring about a change in the way one makes decisions in life. Hemingway develops the

thematic meaning through the two main characters, the man and the girl, in the setting,

and in the use of symbolism.

Thematic meaning begins to unfold through the two main characters. The first

character is the girl. The girl is a quite selfish immature follower. She is a young woman

who thinks she is in love. The girl desires a father figure in her life. She wants the love

and attention she never received from her own father. She lets the man lead her and

become this figure that she desires to have. Carelessly being coaxed into a sexual

relationship, she gets pregnant. Being a follower, she tends to listen to the man and

allows him to make desions for them both. Her......

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