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1、HillslikeWhiteElephantsThisstorytakesplaceatatrainstationintheEbrovalleyofSpain.Thisparticulardayisoppressivelyhotanddry,andthesceneryinthevalleyisbarrenanduglyforthemostpart.Thetwomaincharactersareamanandhisfemalecompanion,whomhecallsJig.WhilewaitingforthetraintoMadrid,theAmer
2、icanandJigdrinkbeerandAnisdelToro,whichJigcomparestolicorice.Theirconversationismundaneatfirst,butquicklydriftstothesubjectofanoperationwhichtheAmericanisattemptingtoconvinceJigtoundergo.Thoughitisnevermadeexplicitinthetext,itismadeclearthatJigispregnantandthattheprocedureinque
3、stionisanabortion.AfterposingargumentstowhichtheAmericanislargelyunresponsive,Jigeventuallyassentstotheoperation,givingthefinaljustification:"Idon'tcareaboutme."Sheattemptstodropthesubject,buttheAmericanpersistsasifstillunsureofJig'sintentionsandmentalstate.Asthetrainapproaches
4、,itisimportanttonotethathecarriestheirbagstotheopposingplatformandhasadrinkalonebeforerejoiningJig.Shesmilesathim,assureshimthatsheis¡°fine¡±,andthestoryends.Theauthor,Hemingway,whoisveryfamousforhiscreationofanewanduniquewritingstyle,isoneofthemostinfluentialwritersinAmericanl
5、iteraryhistoryduringthe20thcentury.Thisshortnovelalsoshowshisuniquewritingstyle.HillslikeWhiteElephantsisoneofthemostclassicshortstoriesofHemingway.Here,IwanttosaymostisSymbolisminthisstory.First,Jig'sreferencetoWhiteelephantscouldbeinreplytothebaby.TheAmericancouldseethebabyas
6、awhiteelephantandnotwanttoraiseit,whileJigcouldseethechildasanextraordinaryadditiontoherlifeofdrinkingandmindlesstraveling.TheAmericanjustwantstospendhappylifewithherandhedoesn¡¯twanttosettledown.Maybehelacksofmoney,furthermore,maybeheisirresponsible.Second,symbolismcombinedwit
7、hJig'squestion"That'sallwedo,isn'titlookatthingsandtrynewdrinks"andherstatementthatevenexcitingnewthingsshehaswaitedalongtimetotry,likeabsinthe,merelyendsup"tastinglikelicorice,"impliesthatthecouple'scircus-likelifestylehasbecomesomethingofametaphoricalwhiteelephanttoher.Itappe
8、arsthatsheseeksmorestabilityandpermanenceinlife;"Itisn
