Over these episodes, we are exploring the genius of Ernest Hemingway and why I consider him the greatest writer that ever lived.

In this episode go through his short story Hills Like White Elephants. Next month we will conclude the mini course by reading Cat in the Rain.

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Key Takeaways

* How Ernest Hemingway’s “tip of the iceberg” principle works.

* Analysis of Hills Like White Elephants where Hemingway’s carefully chosen words create a portal into deeper emotional meaning.

* What the story reveals about power, longing, sacrifice, and emotional imbalance between “the man” and “the girl.”

* How Hemingway’s restraint and precision make his writing an example of pure literature, just like Alfred Hitchcock represents pure cinema.

Resources Mentioned:

* Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway, 1927

* Cat in the Rain ((Ernest Hemingway, 1925), to be explored in the concluding episode of the mini course next months

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