1) Silent Reading2) "Performance" of Hills Like White Elephants.
3) Detective/Discussion Groups - What is the conversation about? Use all your points of entry/ elements of fiction to figure out what is going on.
4) In-Depth Thinking - see questions below.
Questions for "Hills Like White Elephants" 10 marks - tomorrow
1. What is the effect of the objective point of view?
2. Why are the speakers only identified as "a man" and "girl"? How do these designations affect your reading of the story? What nickname does the man use for the girl?
3. How do the descriptions of the landscape relate to the conversation between the two travelers? What about the discussion of drink orders?
4. Note each sentence or paragraph that is not enclosed in quotation marks, and explain how each brief commentary affects your understanding of the characters and the lives they lead.
5. Why does the girl repeat the word "please" seven times? Anger? Hysteria? Fear? Frustration? Why does the man leave her at the table?
6. The railroad station setting is important to the progress--the plot--of the story. How does this physical setting parallel the thematic concerns of the story as well?
7. How does the title relate to the story? What is the symbolism of a white elephant?
8. Is the girl really "fine" at the end of the story? How do you think she is feeling?
9. How is this story ironic? 2 marks
