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Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.
“What’s Next?”
In this activity, students will briefly extend Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants.”
Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” ends without a tidy resolution and leaves the reader with many unanswered questions. What will Jig ultimately decide? How will this tense moment between the two lovers come to its conclusion? Using Hemingway’s minimalist style, write the next passage in the story. You may decide to employ a more traditional ending, but you do not have to; focus instead on staying true to characterization, symbolism, and style. Your extension should:
After you have written your extension, trade with a peer for shared feedback.
Teaching Suggestion: It might be helpful to engage in a class brainstorming session in which students discuss a variety of plausible next moments before settling on the extension they want to write themselves. Students might use the imminent arrival of the express train from Barcelona to spur a decision from the characters.
By Ernest Hemingway
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Ernest Hemingway
Across the River and into the Trees
Across the River and into the Trees
Ernest Hemingway
A Day's Wait
A Day's Wait
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A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
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A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
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A Very Short Story
A Very Short Story
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Big Two-Hearted River
Big Two-Hearted River
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Cat in the Rain
Cat in the Rain
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa
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In Another Country
In Another Country
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Indian Camp
Indian Camp
Ernest Hemingway
In Our Time
In Our Time
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Old Man at the Bridge
Old Man at the Bridge
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Soldier's Home
Soldier's Home
Ernest Hemingway
Solider's Home
Solider's Home
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Ten Indians
Ten Indians
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The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden
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The Killers
The Killers
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The Nick Adams Stories
The Nick Adams Stories
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