Lecture #2, Hemingway/Hills Like White Elephants

             This lecture was all about the very famous author, Ernest Hemingway and one of his short stories, Hills Like White Elephants.  I enjoyed this lecture since it was a very active fishbowl discussion that had all of the students explaining their views on the short story after we had learned the history of Hemingway himself.  Even though the short story was, as written, quite short, it has a message about many present issues that cannot be solved by just one small decision, but by multiple ones, the issue of abortion.  Pro- Life or Pro-Choice, this was a very touchy argument that envelops this story and its very vague characters.  Also, Hemingway always had some sort of connection to his writing, yet he might have come to quite an ultimatum or crossroads in his life to be able to explain what happened in this short story.  Sadly he committed suicide, but all of his work lives on and is still spreading messages in the present day.