Hills Like White Elepghants Vs A perefect day for banna fish
...e White Elephants” Where it is said “ ‘It was very hot and the express from Barcelona would come in forty minutes. It’s stopped at this junction for two minutes and went to Madrid.’”(341). Also Salinger infers that Mr. And Mrs. Glass are on vacation when Mrs. Glass is talking on the phone to her mother and says “ ‘ I’m fine. I’m hot. This is the hottest day they’ve had in Florida in –‘”(5) And thus it is concluded that both couples are removed from home. A constant element of Relationship conflict is present throughout both stories . Like when The female in “Hills like white Elephants” said “Would you Please please please please please please stop talking.’”(Hemingway 344). This Same Type of behavior may also be seen in Salnger’s “Perfect Day for BananFish” When Mrs. Glass tells her mother “ ‘ He calls me miss spiritual tramp of 1948’”(7). Both the girl and Mrs. Glass seem to exhibit that they are having relationship problems. Finally, in each story a charter has or is going to commit something that breeches the social norm. Such as the girl and her boyfriend are talking about her having an abortion. “‘It’s really a simple operation, jig ‘”(Hemingway 342). And in “A Perfect Day For BananaFish “ MR. Seymour Glass Exposed him self to little Sybil When he expla...