《白象似的群山》和《绳子》之比较A comparative analysis of Hills like White Elephants and Rope.docVIP

《白象似的群山》和《绳子》之比较A comparative analysis of Hills like White Elephants and Rope 　　Abstract：Hills like White Elephants is one of the most famous short stories of American novelist Earnest Hemingway. It is written in 1927. Rope is also a short story written by American novelist Katherine Anne Porter. This essay aims at making a comparative analysis of the two short stories in the following 3 aspects： theme， character and ending. 　　Key Words： Hills like White Elephants， Rope， a comparative analysis 　　1.Theme 　　Both of them are about love， the relationship of men and women and the different opinion of different sex on the same thing. In Hemingway’s “Hills like White Elephants”， the American and Jig sat at the table outside the bar， talking about drinks and an operation. What we all know about the operation is that “it’s really an awfully simple operation…and “they just let the air in…”.Maybe it is an abortion. The American tried to persuade the girl to do the operation but she would not like to talk about this topic. 　　“It’s really an awfully simple operation， Jig，” the man said. “It’s not really an operation at all.” The girl looked at the table legs rested on. “I know you wouldn’t mind it， Jig. It’s really not anything .It’s just to let the air in.” The girl did not say anything. 　　In the two rounds of conversation， the man tried to prove the operation wasn’t difficult to Jig and hoped Jig would do the operation for him. However Jig seemed absent-minded and didn’t say a single word. 　　In the following paragraphs， the two kept talking about the possible influence of the operation on their future till Jig couldn’t bear it and asked the American to stop by using 7 “please”. 　　In Porter’s Rope， the couple， he and she， moved to the country and lived there for 3 days. He came back with “a basket o groceries and a twenty -four-yard coil of rope” but without coffee that she asked him to bring back from the village. The war between he and she broke out. She blamed hi