Hills Like White Elephant Modernism Analysis

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Modernism is a movement that came about in the early 1900s where people were tired of their old ways and desired something new. It was a complete change of culture with different art, architecture, and literature. Some saw it as a way of thinking where people wanted to rely more on themselves and express their own ideas. They would start by examining themselves and discovering new ways to think and act. This effected many people and creations, but it was mainly presented through literature. In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants”, by Earnest Hemingway, one can see two ways in which modernism is represented based on the conversations and decisions made by the characters. In “Hills Like White Elephants”, abortion is believed to be the