Essay - This Paper Focuses on the Male/female Perspective on the Issue...

This paper focuses on the male/female perspective on the issue of aborti***** as it appears in Ernest Hemingway's most subtle short story, 'Hills like wh*****e elephants'. The author has made use of symbolism to highlight the problems experienced by most married couples due to lack ***** proper communication. Hemingway chose this topic because he believed in this interesting iceberg ********** which has been explained in the concluding part of this *****.

***** LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS: MALE/FEMALE PERSPECTIVE ON ABORTI*****

The *****me of *****on is predominant in the story titled, "Hills ***** white elephants." The author, Ernest Hemingway, however ***** not mentioned the actual word 'abortion' throughout ***** entire short ***** but instead has used symbols and vague dialogues to convey h***** message to the readers. The reason why Hemingway probably refrained from using ***** actual term was because he firmly believed in using dialogues and language, which required deeper study. The author wanted the readers to know about male and female perspective on this ***** and thus chose ***** highlight the theme with effective use of symbolism and ambiguous *****. It is important to understand that Ernest Hemingway has not tried to advocate any particular opinion, he appears ***** be concerned only with the way males and fe***** view ***** issue. The *****s of two characters on ***** controversial issue of abortion reveal the differences in male-female psyches. This story is indeed a classic tale revealing ***** ***** differences ***** exist in the way men and women view different things. (Lamb, 1996) ***** opinions mentioned in this story may ***** apply to every man and wo***** ***** the world but *****y certainly contain substance, which shows that they are based more on psychological ***** of human minds and attitudes than casual observati*****s.

Everything from the physical setting ***** dialogues to characterization serves the real purpose of the *****, which is to expose the gaps that surface in relationships due to poor communication. The female character ***** a timid feminist who though knows what's right for her, still fails ***** convince her husband that ***** is not the ideal solution for the stabilization ***** their fading relationship. The male however is a typical chauvin*****t ***** cannot read her wife's mind and is using all psychological tactics to blackmail her into doing what he thinks would lead to ***** mutual happiness. T*****re are many *****s in which the male and female opinions in this story can ***** interpreted but one thing is clear. The woman *****s pregnancy as something beautiful while ***** ***** sees it as a burden. And similarly the ********** thinks of abortion ***** something highly undesirable while the latter feels it could resolve all their problems once ***** for all. He keeps implying that if she goes through the abortion procedure, ***** would take them back to those pre-pregnancy happy days. Th***** is ***** a ***** tactic ***** get her to undergo this operation without *****izing that his wife doesn't wish to abort the pregnancy. This is where we