Hills Like White Elephants Summary

In the story, "Hills like White Elephants", we are focused upon two people, a man and a woman, sitting at a train station in Spain, having some sort of discussion. The man tries to convince the girl to have some procedure done. The girl continually questions this procedure, and the happiness the two will have afterward. Although the procedure is never actually recognized, one can draw that the man is trying to convince her to do something involving child-bearing, the girl having her tubes tide or an abortion. In the end of the story, the man comes back and asks the girl how she feels, to which she just says that she feels fine.

The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber Summary

The short story, "The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber", is a story about a man, his wife, and their hunting guide, on a safari in Africa. At the beginning of the story, Macomber shows that he is a coward by running away from a lion. After this, his wife, Margot, cheats on him with the guide, Wilson. On the next hunt, this time for buffalo, Macomber begins to feel brave for the first time in his life. During this hunt, one buffalo escapes and goes into the tall grass, much like the lion from the start of the story. This time, Macomber stands his ground when the animal charges him, but is wife shoots, and kills, Macomber. The shooting is never shown to be either accidental or purposeful, but i believe that due to his new found bravery, Margot thought that Macomber was going to leave him, so she shot him.

The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber Quotes

1. "No," she said. "It's mine that's red today, ut Mr. Wilson's is always red."-Margaret Macomber.
2. “Oh, yes. They could raise a row if they chose to complain. But they don’t. They prefer it to the fines.”
“How strange!” said Macomber.
“Not strange, really,” Wilson said. “Which would you rather do? Take a good birching or lose your pay?”-Conversation between Macomber and Wilson
3. “You know I don’t think I’d ever be afraid of anything again,” Macomber said to Wilson. “Something happened in me after we first saw the buff and started after him. Like a dam bursting. It was pure excitement.”-Macomber after chasing the buffalo.
4.“You’ve gotten awfully brave, awfully suddenly"-Margaret Macomber
5."That’s better,” Wilson said. “Please is much better. Now I’ll stop.”-Wilson

Hill's Like White Elephants Quotes

1. "They look like white elephants," she said. "I've never seen one," the man drank his beer. "No you wouldn't."-Conversation between the man and the woman
2. "It's really on awful simple operation, Jig," the man said. "It's not really an opertaion at all."- The Man.
3. "What did you say?"
"I said we could have everything."
"No we can't."
"We can have the whole world."
"We can go everywhere."
"No we can't, it isn't ours anymore."- Conversation between the man and woman

A Day's Wait Quotes

1. "You don't have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you."- Schatz
2. "About what time do you think I'll die?"- Schatz
3. " You poor Schatz," I said. "Poor old Schatz. It's like miles and kilometers. You aren't going to die. That's a different thermometer. On that thermometer thirty-seven is normal. On this kind it's ninety-eight."- Schatz's Father

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place Quotes

1. "He was in a despair"
"What about?"
"Nothing" -Conversation between the two waiters

2. "You don't understand. This is a clean and pleasant café. It is well lighted. The light is very good, and also, now, there are the shadows of the leaves"- Old Waiter

3. Some lived in it and never felt it and he knew it was all nada y pues nada, nada y pues nada.- Hemingway