Inference, Setting, and Point of View in Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'

Group 1

• They are newlyweds on their honeymoon.
• They are a couple facing a significant decision.
• They are siblings traveling together.
• They are strangers who just met.

• It represents a place of comfort and relaxation.
• It symbolizes a point of transition and decision.
• It highlights the beauty of nature.
• It serves as a backdrop for a historical event.

• First-person
• Second-person
• Third-person limited
• Third-person omniscient

• Their mutual understanding and agreement.
• Their conflicting desires and lack of communication.
• Their excitement about the journey.
• Their indifference to each other's opinions.

• They symbolize the couple's future together.
• They represent the woman's pregnancy.
• They are a metaphor for the man's career.
• They indicate the geographical location.

• It provides detailed background information.
• It forces the reader to infer the underlying conflict.
• It makes the story difficult to follow.
• It highlights the characters' emotions explicitly.

• To marry him immediately.
• To have an operation.
• To leave him.
• To travel to a different city.

• It represents a place of decision-making.
• It is a place where the characters find solace.
• It is a symbol of the couple's past happiness.
• It serves as a distraction from their conversation.

• She is eager to have it done.
• She is indifferent about it.
• She is hesitant and conflicted.
• She has already decided against it.

• The barren side represents sterility, while the fertile side represents life.
• Both sides symbolize the same thing: confusion.
• The landscape has no symbolic meaning.
• The fertile side represents wealth, and the barren side represents poverty.