Thursday, March 18, 2004
posted for Andrew
Thinking about what things will be like after the abortion her boyfriend wants her to have, the girl in "Hills Like White Elephants" asks her partner, "And you think then we'll be all right and be happy" (Hemingway 402). Compare ideas of happiness, or the ways in which characters try to find happiness in two stories.
The ideas of happiness in "Hills Like White Elephants" and "The Yellow Wallpaper" are quite similar. The search for happiness is sought in two distinct different ways. In both stories the male dominant characters believe that happiness can be achieved by forgetting about the problems that are in the present. Both want to take their lives into their own hands, one by not allowing a baby to interfere and the other by not letting his wife think for herself. They believe that things were fine before the problems arose so things will be fine after the problems have disappeared. The female characters in the novels both believe they need to discover for themselves what will happen but are being held back by their male counterparts and their feelings aren't allowed to come through. Both women want to please the males by obeying the restrictions placed upon them.
The ideas of happiness in "Hills Like White Elephants" and "The Yellow Wallpaper" are quite similar. The search for happiness is sought in two distinct different ways. In both stories the male dominant characters believe that happiness can be achieved by forgetting about the problems that are in the present. Both want to take their lives into their own hands, one by not allowing a baby to interfere and the other by not letting his wife think for herself. They believe that things were fine before the problems arose so things will be fine after the problems have disappeared. The female characters in the novels both believe they need to discover for themselves what will happen but are being held back by their male counterparts and their feelings aren't allowed to come through. Both women want to please the males by obeying the restrictions placed upon them.
posted for Owen
Two stories we have read so far, "Hills like White Elephants" and "The Ones
Who Walk Away from Omelas" feature children as the subject of their
story. They are portrayed in two very different ways. The child is the
main focus in "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." On the other hand, the
unborn child is not directly referred to in "Hills like White
Elephants." Yet, in each of these stories, they impact the story far beyond
the plot. They influence the ideas of freedom, individuality and
responsibility for each of the other characters.
Who Walk Away from Omelas" feature children as the subject of their
story. They are portrayed in two very different ways. The child is the
main focus in "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." On the other hand, the
unborn child is not directly referred to in "Hills like White
Elephants." Yet, in each of these stories, they impact the story far beyond
the plot. They influence the ideas of freedom, individuality and
responsibility for each of the other characters.
