Hills Like White Elephants

"Hills Like White Elephants" is a short story about a couple at a bar. They sit down next to each other and order a beer each. The women then begins the conversation with talking about the painting on the door and how it looks like a white elephant. The man has never seen one before and has no idea what it looks like. So he then changes the subject about a certain acction that him and the women don't see eye to eye on. The are argueing about weather or not a certain action is a big deal. The man thinks that everything will be perfectly fine, while the women thinks completely opposite. The man tells her it is just a simple opperation,they can still have everything they want, and nothing will change. Whereas, the women thinks it is much harder than being said, they can't go everywhere, and they can't have everything because it is just not the same. The women then wants nothing more than to just change the topic and stop talking about, but the man refuses and continues with saying, "I'm not going to make you do something you don't want to do." However she wants nothing to do with this concersation. He then moves her bags next to the train stop and it shortly arrives.

The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber

"The Shory, Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is a short story about a unappy married coupe, who go on a safari in Africa, Macomber is hunting on the safari with Wilson, the leader. The first hunt they go on is for lions; however, Macomber gets scared and runs away from the lion. This makes his wife, Margot, very unhappy and mad. She goes on without really talking to Macomber the rest of the day. Later on in the evening she sneaks out of the tent to be with Wilson. Macomber wakes up, and when she returns he asks her where she has been. Margot responds with "I stepped outside to get a breath of fresh air." The following day they go on a hunt for buffalo. Only on this hunt Macomber is no longer a coward; he isn't afraid of the buffalo one bit. This bother Margot very much, and it causes her to do something that no one would expect. She shoots her husband; however, Wilson is the only person that knows that this was not an accident it was on purpose.

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" is a short story writtn by Ernest Hemingway.This short story is about an old, deaf man who is all alone. He goes to a little cafe each night and gets drunk. In the very begining of the story it shares with us how he tries to commit suicide; however, his neice walks in on the process and stops him. The younger waiter becomes very irritated with this old man because he wants to go home to be with his wife, but just can't because the old man will not leave the cafe. However, the older waiter understands why the old man does not want to go home to his empty house all alone.

A Day's Wait

"A Day's Wait" is a short story about a young boy who believes he is going to die in a short amount of time. His mother and father have no idea that he believes this could actually happen. However, the young boy thinks he will pass away because he has a fever of one hundred and two degrees. The boy thinks this because at school, in France, the boys told him you cannot live with a fever of forty-four degrees; therefor, he knows that there is no possible way he could live with a temperature of one hundred and two degrees. The poor boy had no idea that they are on a different thermometer scale. His mother then explains to him that it is like miles and kilometers. He then understands and feels much more relaxed now that he knows he is not about to pass away.

Ernest Hemingway's Quotes

*A clean, well-lighted place
~"...where the tables were all empty except where the old man sat in the shadows, of the leaves of the tree that moved slightly in the wind." - Narrator
~"You should have killed yourself last week." - Young waiter
~"You have youth, confidence, and a job." - Older waiter

*A day's wait
~"You don't have to stay in here with me if it bothers you." - the boy
~"People don't die with a fever of one hundred and two." - the boy's mother
~"Poor Schatz, it's like miles and kilometers." - the boy's mother

*Hills like white elephants
~"And you think then we will be alright and happy." - the girl
~"If you don't want to you don't have to. I wouldn't have you do it if you didn't want to. But I know it is perfectly simple." - the man
~"They look like white elephants." -the girl

*The short happy life of Francis Macomber
~"It's not pleasant to have your wife see you do something like that." - Macomber
~"In the neck if you can make it. Shoot for bone. Break him down." - Wilson
~"Well, you are a coward." - Margot
~"Why didn't you poison him? That's what they do in England." - Wilson
~"Oh please stop, please, please stop." - Margot

--Bradlea Beard, Sean Bitz, Reid Firestone, & Nick Angell