Analysis of Hills Like White Elephants

ANALYSIS OF HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS David Kenison English 301 - 01 Stéphanie Zuk September 14th 2000 Who is the boss? Society is pressuring people so much to succeed in life and to become someone they can not be, that people act in any way they can to reach this goal. Often, they use power and domination to show that they are important and can influence the world. Hills Like White Elephants reflects the power of men …

…control and dominate women and it is noticeable through the plot, the characterization and the semic codes. Who is the boss today? Are men still leading society or have women taken more room and have they begun to influence a bit more the world? Footnotes 1 Plot: x = the man / domination y = abortion / power over the woman z = Jig / inferiority 2 Semic codes: man / girl superior / inferiority having / being death / life reason / emotion sterile / fertile decisiveness / hesitation