`Story of the Hour`

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Hills like White Elephants

The story that Hemingway creates here has a dynamic that is echoed throughout the dialogue and setting . The man and woman who are sitting at the table share a relationship , but that is nearly all . Both are seeing the world , however , they do not have the same point of view

The girl looks out towards the horizon , an obvious notion that she has a wide and distant point of view , and associates the far off mountains with

white Elephants . There is a dualistic image here , as the story describes the valley that the story takes place in as arid and brown This contrast , the brown of the near setting , and white of the distant illustrate the opposing points of view that these two characters have

The man , in his seemingly aloof state , peers at the beaded curtain that advertises a drink . This man is shown to make several observations about his very immediate surroundings . This tool that Hemingway uses , sets the opposing point of view to the girl - that of narrow , shortsightedness

As the two characters discuss their desire for a new drink , the reader is shown the first hint of tension between them . Oh , cut it out , the man says as Jig , as the reader learns the girl is named , pokes slight fun at the man and his apparent fondness for alcohol

This exchange is followed by another allusion to Jig 's farsighted point of view as...