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"Hills Like White Elephants" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. It was first published in August 1927 in the literary magazine transition, then later that year in the short story collection Men Without Women. In 2002, the story was adapted into a 38-minute short film starring Greg Wise, Emma Griffiths Malin and Benedict Cumberbatch. [1]
In the Malayalam film industry, there are several films, depicting elephants like - Guruvayur Kesavan (1977),Gajakesariyogam (1990), Pattabhishekam (1999) and Aanachandam (2006). On television, Nellie the Elephant is a 1990 UK cartoon series inspired by the 1956 song of the same name , featuring Scottish singer Lulu voicing Nelly.
The term derives from the sacred white elephants kept by Southeast Asian monarchs in Burma, Thailand (Siam), Laos and Cambodia. [2] To possess a white elephant was regarded—and is still regarded in Thailand and Burma—as a sign that the monarch reigned with justice and power, and that the kingdom was blessed with peace and prosperity.
"The Killers", "Hills Like White Elephants", and "In Another Country" are considered to be among Hemingway's better works. [ 2 ] The book's U.S. copyright expired on January 1, 2023, when all works published in 1927 entered the public domain .
In other words, a story can communicate by subtext; for instance, Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" does not mention the name of the procedure, although in the story the male character seems to be attempting to convince his girlfriend to do it. [15] "Big Two-Hearted River", Hemingway explains, "is about a boy ... coming home from the war ...
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigía Edition, is a posthumous collection of Ernest Hemingway's (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) short fiction, published in 1987.
Barbara goes on to explain that there’s also a tendency to value emotional expressions in certain animals, like orcas or elephants, while overlooking similar capacities in “food animals ...
A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels".