The lesson by Toni Cade Bombara

the lesson by toni bambara is a interesting read, it details an account of a day in the life of a presumably young woman. The reason i say young is because throughout the many lessons taught in the story, the narrators response or lack there of to the many scenes proves that the narrator 1) has no 'real life issues' such as rent, etc and also the narrators only concern with hanging out with her cousin and having a good time, another detail we get is the narrators lack of having her own money , and selfishness with the money (she kept the remaining money from Miss Moore and she didn't even tip the cab driver a measly 10% of the total cost of the trip.) The narrator also has no idea the value of 'real money' real being figurative, when Miss Moore suggests this to them the narrator mentally thinks Miss Moore takes them for a fool, which ironically she is a fool because she missed the whole point of that question.

ernest hemingway "Hills like white elephants"

This short story has so many interpretations I simply do not know where to start. at first i thought, the story tells of a couple who doesnt really gets along and is awaiting a train at a train station to head somewhere. Ernest lets us know this couple frequently travels as their luggage has many labels from all the hotels they have resided at. The couple has a long interesting dialogue in the middle of the short story. The couple seems to avoid problems and apparently are going through a lot. Ernest details how they get along, although I can't confidently say they never get along, it would seem so, whenever tensions get high they reach "common ground" , the guy seems to be very convincing and avoids confrontation by assuring the girl (Jig) that he's willing to do anything she wants to do, although he never actually wants to do what she wants to do, he just tells her he's fine with her choice and when she tries to tell him what she wants he just says "but look at things this way, its good this way, you dont like it this way"