1. Hills Like White Elephants 1.A) How old do you think the man is? B) How old do you think the girl is? C) What is their relationship? 2.What is the man’s attitude toward the operation? Why? 3.What is the girl’s attitude toward the operation? Why? 4.What purpose does the setting serve: the hills across the valley, the treeless railroad track and station? 5.How would the story have been different if the setting was big a American city? 6.Why are the couple consuming so much alcohol? 7.Why does the man have a drink at the bar before rejoining the girl?

2. Hills Like White Elephants 8.Why does the author refer to the female protagonist as “the girl”? 9.What make “the girl” different from “the woman” who tends bar? 10. Which of the two main characters is more “reasonable”? Explain. 11.Why doesn’t the girl want to have the operation? 12. Why does the man want her to have the operation? 13.Do you think the girl will get “the operation”? Why? 14. Do you think the couple will stay together? Why?

3. Dialectical Journal Line – Write the line of dialogue. What is the context? What is being said? What is the subtext? What is the real meaning? p. 279 42 – 43 p. 280 54 p.280 64 p. 281 100

4. Hills Like White Elephants Get into groups of 4. Assign the following parts: A)Man B)Girl C)Narrator – the person who will read all the non-dialogue D)Woman – who works in the bar Read the story aloud with the assigned parts. Don’t be afraid to get dramatic.

5. Hills Like White Elephants The main topic of discussion is never named. A) What is the “awfully simple operation”? B) Why is it not named?