Hemingway a Profound Sense of Term Paper

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Moreover, the girl changes the subject quickly to having another beer.

While the man in the story remains utterly insensitive to his girlfriend, her state of mind is less clear. On the one hand, her self-esteem seems dreadfully low. She repeats, "I don't care about me," and she asks the man if getting the operation will make him happy. When she states, "I don't care about me," she could also mean "I care about you more," but she never says that." She utters the finishing lines of the story: "I feel fine...There's nothing wrong with me. I feel fine." Her words most likely indicate her further suppression of her anger and true feelings. However, the girl might also have come to a decision about ending their relationship.
It is entirely possible that her hill-gazing has inspired her to make major changes in her life. After all, the open-ended story does not indicate whether the girl goes through with the operation or not. She smiles, not just at the waitress but also at the man. Her smiles could be entirely fake but they might also be an indication of her having reached a powerful realization about herself, her goals, and her identity.

The title of the story presents phallic imagery that parallels the man's patriarchal attitudes. The opening line of the story, "The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white," is far more serpentine and phallic than it is representative of a pachyderm......

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