Ernest Hemingway and his significance of landscapes, from "The Complete Short Stories".

This essay was written about the significance of landscape using his "Big Two Hearted River" and "Hills Like White Elephants." The Significance of Landscape Hemingway uses landscape to reflect his characters emotions and also as a secondary character in his stories. Two good examples of this are Hemingway's "Big Two Hearted River" and "Hills Like White Elephants." In "Big Two Hearted River," Nick was the only human character but the scenery definitely played a huge …

…of life. While the islands of pine trees and mountains of grain represent the continuity of life. Throughout these two stories, Hemingway often played the two ideas off of one another. His abrupt endings leave you to draw your own conclusion. How the story ends and what happens to these characters will depend on how you interpreted the stories and which landscape drew you in closer, the ending of life or the continuity of life.