Kneel down and enjoy Hemingway's "Mountains Like White Elephants"

"Mountains Like White Elephants" is a very short story, without any lengthy psychological and scene description, almost all dialogue. The author's skill lies in revealing the psychological outlook of different characters in the form of daily dialogue. In the novel Mountains Like White Elephants, Hemingway uses novel and effective dialogue skills to see through the psychological activities of the characters and shape their images.

The whole novel is almost made up of simple dialogues and descriptions, but at the end it uses a relatively long space to describe the actions and inner activities of American men. He picked up two heavy bags, symbolizing a huge burden, and looked at the passengers waiting for the bus calmly with suppressed anxiety. The description of men's mentality is in sharp contrast with that of other tourists.

Among them, Hemingway wrote that men can't see any coming trains at a glance, which reflects that the author wants to use this description to emphasize the confusion and despair that American men can't find a solution until the end. At the same time, it also indicates that men and girls are facing a serious spiritual and ecological crisis and its tragic ending.

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Hemingway's attention to the spiritual world of the two protagonists in Mountains Like White Elephants reveals to a great extent the spiritual problems existing in American society, that is, in a world where people have lost their faith, people unconsciously fall into the spiritual wasteland. There is no clear ending in the end of the story, which is probably Hemingway's own confusion and confusion.

However, Hemingway always kept thinking about the spiritual ecology of people in society in his novels. The author exposes the destructive behavior of industrial civilization to human spiritual ecology and warns that modern people's spiritual ecological situation is facing difficulties.

Hemingway tried to arouse people's inner voice, inspire people to think about the true meaning and significance of life, and urge people to pay attention to the inner spiritual ecological balance, thus calling people to re-examine and think about their own thoughts and beliefs, and finally solve the crisis in the spiritual ecology.

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