¶ … Hills like white elephants," Ernest Hemingway make use of a literary style that focuses on the appreciation the natural world by relating it to real life incidents. Space is often a literary mechanism used by many writers, and is often very symbolic in nature. Based on that assumption, this paper will first briefly provide an overview of the story follow by an analysis of the symbolic representations of space. This relationship will be illustrated by the usage of space in regards to the symbolic nature of an individual female's biological internal, self-struggle as opposed to her ACTUALLY consciously wanting to bear a child. The genre of this reading would be that of a short story, with the setting being in a train station with a train that has a destination in Madrid. When reading the story, the narrative point-of-view remains a mystery as it becomes highly evident early on that the story takes on the form of a dialogue. There seems to be a demonstration of modernity since the author does not directly make it clear who the narrator is. Thus, it is left up to the readers...
The dialogue takes place between a man and a woman as they are in the bar (waiting area) enjoying refreshments. There seems to be a high use of formulism from the woman as she is enjoying the aesthetics of the natural beauty surrounding her. In fact, we can see Ernest Hemingway's use of mode and style, as he highly develops technical aspects of the environment that include an appreciation of natural. From the perspective of the reader, the usage of this literary style allows them to partake in a pleasure filled stroll through his vivid style of words and imagery. For example, as I was reading this work, I felt I could imagine the nature, color and smell of their external surroundings accurately. In the middle of the story (through the descriptive styles) we find out that their dialogue is in regards to her getting an abortion and that they are indeed a couple. The man seems to want the abortion, but yet still claims he will support her regardless of her choice. The woman seems as if she does not want to go through with it. She will however because she wants to make him happy, doesn't care about herself, and simply wants things to go back to normal. With all of these factors being created, the author later demonstrates an exhibition of psychological realism since she refuses to talk about it. It is also realist in the sense that many…
female body -- the sum of its parts? In short story, novel, and poetic depictions of Gillman, Brooks, and Piercy despised flower, called a yellow weed by most observers. A trapped and voiceless bodily entity, like a ghost, perhaps behind a surface of peeling yellow wallpaper. A plastic doll with yellow hair with pneumatic dimensions and candied cherry lips. These three contrasting images all have been used to characterize
Lottery" by Shirley Jackson The meaning of Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery' "It isn't fair, it isn't right." These are the last words expressed by the victim in Shirley Jackson's short story 'The Lottery', which provides a unique but shocking perspective of the innate evil that is part of human nature. The story starts off by describing a town scene that could not be more commonplace or predictable. The descriptions provided by
Short stories are poignant pieces of literature, as pithy and powerful as poetry but in a more straightforward and relatable package. Like poetry, a short story relies on literary devices like symbolism and imagery, characterization and setting, to convey the author’s themes. Also like poetry, the short story reflects the cultural and historical context in which it was written. While the canon of American literature is rich with examples of
Raymond Carver's short story "Cathedral" explores a number of different social and psychological issues including stereotyping and prejudice. When the blind male friend of the narrator's wife enters their home, issues related to self-esteem, sexuality, and racism also arise. The blind man, Robert, helps the narrator to "see," serving a symbolic function of enlightenment. Cannabis provides the means by which the two men bond on an emotional and intellectual level,
Robert Graves lived from 1895 to 1985, and was a novelist, poet as well as a translator of the English Language. Robert Graves has been a vivacious author, and has won acclaim as an author of the accounts of the First World War, in his book called 'Good bye to all that' republished in 1957. His poetry about the First World War he was recognized as being one of the
Postmodern Lit. An Analysis of the Postmodern Short Story Robert Coover's "Going for a Beer" passes like a dream: the faint perceptions of a man who does not know if he is coming or going -- or as Coover puts it, whether he has achieved an "orgasm" or not -- in the midst of various connections and misconnections to an assortment of characters. At the end, his life is over and all
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