Classic Hemingway: Sparse, Simple, Unadorned
In "Hills Like White Elephants," everything is boiled down and condensed. Hemingway's writing is journalistic and no-nonsense; he reports dialogue cleanly and directly, without any fluffy adjectives or fancy descriptions. This tight economy of words is perhaps the thing that makes Hemingway iconic
While the narration might seem cold and detached, emotion is present—it's just below the surface. The more we explore this story, the more we feel what Jig and the man might be feeling, and the more our own emotions try to come to the surface.