Hills Like White Elephants
Where is this set, and what context clues are we given for that?
Train Station in Spain
What has happened to the narrator?
Wounded in War
White Elephants
Symbolism
What tastes like liquorice?
The drink
What isn't funny about war?
Being wounded and at war
The Operation
Metaphor
What does the guy want her to have done?
an abortion
How many wounds did he get?
227
“I was blown up while we were eating cheese.”
Irony
What does she finally ask him to do?
Stop talking
Where does he have to wait for help?
In a ditch
“I had two hundred and twenty-seven pieces of steel in me.”
Understatement
What does he think they'll be like after?
Go back to normal
How long has be been in the hospital?
1 month 12 days
The Hospital
Symbolism