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1、hills-like-white-hills-like-white-elephantselephants2.Characters 1.BackgroundContents3.Symbols 4.Theme 5.Summary 1.Background“Hills Like White Elephants”waswrittenbyErnestHemingwayandwaspublishedin1927inabooktitled“Men Without Women.”1.BackgroundHemingway uses a style that analysts call the “Iceberg
2、 Theory.” This is very evident in “Hills Like White Elephants.” His hard facts float above the water but most of the supporting structure, filled with symbolism, operates underwater.2.CharactersheroineJig,atendergirl,pregnant,dependentontheAmericanmanandlosthercouragetofighttotheendtogivebirthtotheb
3、abyunderstrongpressureofmaleleadThegirlspsychologyexperiencesthreestages,atbeginning,sheborewithexpectationandwantedtopersuadethemantothinkabouttheunbornbaby,suchas,shewaseagertoconveythatthebabymightbegivenlifebydeliveringthathills(death)likewhiteelephants(life),however,afternumerousrejections,shew
4、asbecomingdisappointed,finallyhopeless.heroThe American man,dominated,selfish,hypocriticalandirresponsible,triedeverymeanstopersuadeJigtohaveanabortion.Healwaysstressedthattheabortionwasjustasimpleoperationandtheycouldownhappinessonconditionthatsheacceptedthisoperation.Wecanseethatthemanisveryhypocr
5、iticalanddesperatetoescapehisresponsibility.Themanalsohadexperiencedpsychologicalchanges,fromevadingthefacttoindirectlyexpressingthathewasnt willing to take responsibilitytobeafather.3.SymbolsHills: theroundedenlargementofthegirlsstomachwithababyWhite Elephants: Awhiteelephantisalargelyuselessobject
6、thatmaybeexpensivetoownandmaintain,accordingtooneofitsdefinitionsinstandarddictionaries.FromtheperspectiveofJig,oneofthehillsmayrepresentthelifestyleofherandtheAmerican.Railroad Tracks: Railroadtracksrunsidebysidebutnevermeet.Thus,theycouldsymbolizetherelationshipofJigandtheAmerican.3.SymbolsAns del
7、 Toro: This represents the excitement the American offers Jig. But it fails to stir her.Liquorice and Absinthe : This represents the sweet and bitter of life.Baggage: This represents the past, which is the same as the future to the American. When he picks up the suitcases and carries them to the oth
8、er side of the station, he is indicating that he wants to continue as before. 4.ThemeThe word “abortion” never appears in the story, but the confusion and struggle between the lines let us know how hard for the girl to choose whether to born the baby or not. The situation the young couple faced was
9、more than to decide whether to do this operation but to show their value of their life.4.ThemeFirst is the ineffective communication between them. The American was dominant in their relationship, and they lacked equal communication and rights. Secondly, from their dialogue, we could read that the ma
10、ns selfishness and manipulation. Lastly, confronting the baby, the America was reluctant to response for the girl, so it revealed the mans evasion of responsibility. 5.SummaryHills Like White Elephants is a story about relationship between a man and a woman. It shows “Hemingways ability to criticize
11、 the type of egocentric manculimity that consider the woman and her body as mere adjunct to his own desires, and to present the female sensibility from a sympathetic or potentially sympathetic perspective.”The story is talking a very sensitive topic at that time, because of that, Hemingway does not
12、use a word of pregnant or abortion. Hemingway is good at “Iceberg Theory”. In this way, the short story does not disclose everything.Thank You!Thank You!进入夏天，少不了一个热字当头，电扇空调陆续登场，每逢此时，总会想起进入夏天，少不了一个热字当头，电扇空调陆续登场，每逢此时，总会想起那一把蒲扇。蒲扇，是记忆中的农村，夏季经常用的一件物品。记忆中的故那一把蒲扇。蒲扇，是记忆中的农村，夏季经常用的一件物品。记忆中的故乡，每逢进入夏天，集市上最常见
13、的便是蒲扇、凉席，不论男女老少，个个手持乡，每逢进入夏天，集市上最常见的便是蒲扇、凉席，不论男女老少，个个手持一把，忽闪忽闪个不停，嘴里叨叨着一把，忽闪忽闪个不停，嘴里叨叨着“怎么这么热怎么这么热”，于是三五成群，聚在大树，于是三五成群，聚在大树下，或站着，或随即坐在石头上，手持那把扇子，边唠嗑边乘凉。孩子们却在周下，或站着，或随即坐在石头上，手持那把扇子，边唠嗑边乘凉。孩子们却在周围跑跑跳跳，热得满头大汗，不时听到围跑跑跳跳，热得满头大汗，不时听到“强子，别跑了，快来我给你扇扇强子，别跑了，快来我给你扇扇”。孩。孩子们才不听这一套，跑个没完，直到累气喘吁吁，这才一跑一踮地围过了，这时子们才不
14、听这一套，跑个没完，直到累气喘吁吁，这才一跑一踮地围过了，这时母亲总是，好似生气的样子，边扇边训，母亲总是，好似生气的样子，边扇边训，“你看热的，跑什么？你看热的，跑什么？”此时这把蒲扇，此时这把蒲扇，是那么凉快，那么的温馨幸福，有母亲的味道！蒲扇是中国传统工艺品，在是那么凉快，那么的温馨幸福，有母亲的味道！蒲扇是中国传统工艺品，在我国已有三千年多年的历史。取材于棕榈树，制作简单，方便携带，且蒲扇的表我国已有三千年多年的历史。取材于棕榈树，制作简单，方便携带，且蒲扇的表面光滑，因而，古人常会在上面作画。古有棕扇、葵扇、蒲扇、蕉扇诸名，实即面光滑，因而，古人常会在上面作画。古有棕扇、葵扇、蒲扇、蕉扇诸名，实即今日的蒲扇，江浙称之为芭蕉扇。六七十年代，人们最常用的就是这种，似圆非今日的蒲扇，江浙称之为芭蕉扇。六七十年代，人们最常用的就是这种，似圆非圆，轻巧又便宜的蒲扇。蒲扇流传至今，我的记忆中，它跨越了半个世纪，圆，轻巧又便宜的蒲扇。蒲扇流传至今，我的记忆中，它跨越了半个世纪，也走过了我们的半个人生的轨迹，携带着特有的念想，一年年，一天天，流向长也走过了我们的半个人生的轨迹，携带着特有的念想，一年年，一天天，流向长长的时间隧道，袅长的时间隧道，袅结束
