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Hemingway's Short Stories: Hemingway's Use of Dialogue in "Hills Like White Elephants"
L. Ackroyd
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Ernest Hemingway's fiction is renowned for revealing more in its sparseness than the writing of many more verbose authors, and the dialogue in "Hills Like White Elephants" proves no exception to that rule. Without once using the word "abortion," Hemingway graphically evokes the tension between a man and woman waiting for a train as they discuss whether she should have this operation. The author's use of repetition in the dialogue emphasizes a sense of division between the couple. Hemingway also conveys the man's selfish temperament and willingness to rationalize through dialogue, contrasting it with the woman's more emotional and arguably deeper view of the situation.

At the start of the story, wha b c d e f g h i j k l m n o...