Images in a Pond Hemingway, as most authors do, put a great deal of himself into the characters in his short stories. The two stories that become the focus of this paper are, “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” and “Hills Like White Elephants.” The thoughts and feelings of the characters in “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” and “Hills Like White Elephants,” reflect some of Ernest Miller Hemingway’s own thoughts and feelings. Like the images reflected in …showed first 75 words of 1891 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1891 total…are but a few of the characters Hemingway has given life to. As the river of life makes it’s journey to the ocean, not to an end, but a new beginning. Hemingway will live on through his short stories, novels, and poems. He will also live on in some small way, through the lives of all those who read his works, and the writers he inspired. The river of life is a never-ending cycle.