Hills Like White Elephants

“Hills Like White Elephants” By Ernest Hemmingway In many works of literature the reader finds that a story is difficult to understand until he/she is approaching the end. At that time the reader discovers either proof of his/her assumptions or evidence that cancels out original opinions. Such is true with Ernest Hemmingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants.” In the beginning of the story, the reader is presented with a conversation between two people …

…were in need of a new direction. The end of a story always helps to improve the understanding of a text. Although the beginning of a story is necessary to connect the entire text, the end is the most important because it provides all the evidence needed to wrap the work up as a whole. The beginnings always have many different angles a reader could go from, but the end ties all the strings together.