Hills like White Elephants; the setting.

    In Hills like White Elephants, Ernest Hemingway uses each word to the fullest. As there is no solid indication to what the characters are thinking about, Ernest seems to select his symbolism in a way that gives his readers a glimpse into what is going on in the characters' minds'. The white hills are the first setting the readers might notice since it is referred to in the title of the story. A white elephant is an idiom that describes anything with value that neither can be disposed of nor financially taken care of."They're lovely hills....They don't really look like white elephants." Jig says when she started to have second thoughts about going through with the abortion as the hills are showing her what her future baby bum might look like." between two line of rails.." is where the next symbolism appears as the couple find themselves in a junction lost between two decisions, one leads to abortion and the other to keeping the baby. Finally, the setting in this story is crucial since us readers can only interpret the story through the eyes of Jig and the American. Although Jig seems to care deeply about the man, the outcome of her decision is left unstated  

Writing is a subject I've been trying to avoid since day one. whether it was in my native language "Arabic" or in English, I've never seemed to fully get the hang of it. I've started my journey with writing in English 2 years ago and with it my journey with writer's block also started. Now, I've come to terms with the fact that i desperately lack creativity and inspiration whenever I"m holding a pen!

Hopefully it all goes well in this class and my issues regarding writing will be magically solved...