Friday, October 23, 2009

Hills like White Elephants

Literary analysis (plan)

Thesis statement:
The story uses setting and symbolism to discuss ''abortion''.

Paragraph 1: Setting introduces a tense atmosphere.
: Spain, 1920's, quote about hills and station

P2: Hard decision about ''it''
Compared to the railroad

P3 : Hills are compared to white elephants ( white elephant = baby & hills = pregnant woman )
''unique'' and ''uncommon'' & white color may mean innocence and purety
or white elephant = something big, useless and expensive. Could be the man's opinion of a child... = a burden

P4: Field +trees = fertility + fruitfulness. No quotation marks. Indented. (...)

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