Ernest Hemmingway is well known for writing simple stories with many relevant complex themes and hidden metaphors throughout. Ernest Hemmingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" is a prime example of this flavor he's so well known for. In this story he displays an argument with a couple trying not to reveal what it's about while giving subtle hints to it and metaphors in the back ground of the story. The woman in the couple eventually has to make an alluded to choice over the argument's topic and that is what most find interesting about this short very scenario concentric story.
I personally find it funny when something big like an event or new path in life can shine some light on what actually matters or what is the actual foundation of a relationship. I think the woman in this relationship agrees and finds it sad, she seems strong in the way that she now realizes she doesn't actually need the man she's with. Although I think the woman will leave him, I have alot of trouble understanding their feelings and intent. The two characters are almost bleak in tone but it seems like the man is trying to appear passive to the issue while passing shame and pushing his real desire toward the woman. Overall I do think they will part ways and she will raise the child and find a man who will love her for all she is and not try to passively control her while drinking low quality beer.
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This next blog, is about the thought process that goes through many when making the tough choice of lying. Some see it as natural easy, some think it carries a awfully shameful burden and something it's right on occasion where as many get stuck in their lies which only make them grow into more and more lies like a vibrantly wild weed in the canopy of a rain forest In the podcast "what you dont know" by Lulu Wang hosted by This American Life Ms. Wang describes in detail how her and her family had to make a heart wrenching decision to hide her grandmother's mortal illness. In this blog I will give my thoughts on her decision and a time where I went through something similar.
I think it is extremely difficult to say whether I can agree with Ms. Wang's family's decision. I try to keep an open mind an understand the family's cultural background backing the decision but as a human trying to relate to both The grandmother and Ms. Wang I cannot with good conscious say I agree with it. I personally think I would feel cheated and even less loved in my end, especially since, i was lied to and didn't get to feel at peace with myself by preparing/ doing everything i wanted to do before i finally fell ill. Also I think trying to know what's best for someone else and acting on that belief is almost always in the wrong since nobody can truly see in someone else's shoes. and trying to live out the potential joy of not telling someone their illness seems overall selfish to me. Sure one can say that this is more of a caring action because the grandmother gets to live out her last days in some joy but in the beginning going through all the family member's heads was their desire to see her one last time to finalize things for them self, not necessarily settle things for her grandmother's sake. In the middle of my Junior year in high-school I got to know many people. Expressing myself and getting more social was a minor goal of mine so it came with the new crappy adventures of high-school life. Eventually I came to know a very troubled girl named Ellie. We grew to be fairly good friends for a time. Along with this new friendship, I tried to care for her and make her acknowledge her problems with a considerate positive nature. She had been developing severe self-harming tendencies and a form of anorexia which only got worse and worse as I grew to know her and her stress in life grew aswell. Nobody in her family friend circle or even her boyfriend knew of her troubles and she wasn’t trying to seek help at all. The most she was doing was talking to me which I did not mind, but as many know, I’m not a professional, im just a guy who cared. There came a point where I had to realize how bad her relying on me was for the both of us. It was both quite draining for me, and I didn’t help in any wholesome long term way for her. Eventually I told her aunt and cousin who were both very concerned and troubled. We’re not on speaking terms so much right now but I think what I did was necessary in the end sometimes people cant help themselves unless they want to and I think what I did for her is at least somewhat pushing her in the right direction without taking control of her life. |
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