Comparison Of Young Goodman Brown 'And' Hills Like...

The characters from these two stories appear different and have very different back stories. However, although they don’t seem to have any similarities their friendship could be established not on similarities but from each character's strength and weakness.
“Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is a conversation between a man and a woman, who is referred to as the girl. This conversation takes place at a train station while the couple wait for their train to arrive. In the dialog you can sense the tension as the pair indirectly discuss an ‘operation’, that hints to abortion. The man tells the girl she doesn't have to have to have this ‘operation’ if she does not want to. However, he clearly insists that she should have the operation as they will be “..fine afterwards. Just like we were before.”.

The girl appears to be frightened and unable to commit to having or not having the operation. In the story she tries to distract herself and the man by talking about the hills by the train station saying they “...look like white elephants…” the man disregards her statements and quickly shifts the topic back to the operation. …show more content…
Faith, his wife asks him to stay, but Young Goodman Brown says he must leave, but he will return soon. As he enters the gloomy forest he is approached by an old man, presumably the devil. As Young Goodman Brown converses with the old man he protests the trip, insisting that he must turn around and reunite with Faith. His companion convinces Young Goodman Brown to continue following him leading him further into the forest. As they are walking he sees many high held figure of his town secretly going to worship the

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Comparison Of Young Goodman Brown 'And' Hills Like White Elephants

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