English 1027F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hills Like White Elephants, White Elephant, Simile
19 Oct 2017
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English 1027 lecture 6 september 26th. Hills like white elephants: without a sense of direction, an alienated word. The characters are disconnected from each other, the word around them, and what is inside. We need to fill in the gaps in the narrative, complete the text for ourselves. Adding to the narrative rather than decoding it. Poe and hemmingway are quite opposite when it comes to narrative style. Poe is connotative, elaborate, and abstract, complex. We have to move from what"s outside, and figure out. Setting: a train station, worldview characters with no place of their own, alienated from themselves they don"t know what they want. Figurative language not merely descriptive, but used to create other effects: simile (only one!!) )t may affect their money (cid:523)doesn"t seem thing, keeping a white elephant is very expensive (in maintenance, and provide for people to come visit the holy elephant.
