The hills like white elephants

I thought the fact that it was a conversation rather then a regular story made it more interesting to read, it was if i was ease dropping on someone’s conversation. The couple who are contemplating having a abortion seem somewhat conflicted on whether to go through with it or not. I think the title “white elephant” represents the fact that having a baby is a huge decision t and the fact that this is an issue that cannot be ignored. I think the author choose the color white because the color white is usually associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity. The fact that they are by railroad tracks may symbolize making a choice; there are only two choices, two directions, just like the two rail lines. The man obviously doesn’t want to have the baby the girl seems torn “He did not say anything but looked at the bags against the wall of the station. There were labels on them from all the hotels where they had spent nights” this lines shows that he doesn’t want a change in lifestyle. He likes to travel to different place; a baby would hold him back.

the yellow wall paper

I loved this story it was so eerie I actually felt like I was going mad myself. I found so much symbolism throughout the story. The fact that her name wasn’t revealed until the very end of the story, I feel this helped to show how inferior she felt compared to her husband. The unmovable bed, I feel it represented her marriage. You know the line” You make your bed now lay in it .She allowed herself like many women during this time period to be subdued and have no say. When she bit into the bed I feel it was representing her freeing herself form such a misassemble marriage, a change in the old fashioned traditions of marriage. Of course the obvious ones were the lady in the wallpaper, which represented Jane. What I didn’t pay much attention to until reading it again was the baby, maybe Jane suffered from post partum depression because she wasn’t caring for her baby herself. Every time I read it I come up with interruptions for things in the story.