A) What are the main characteristics of Harry in "Hills Like White...

A) What are the main characteristics of Harry in "Hills Like White Elephants"? What makes him a modernist character? Is he sympathetic? Is he a tragic figure?

B) Address the form in "Hills Like White Elephants." What are the major differences between how this story is told and how more typical narratives, like Babylon Revisited," are told? Do these differences make "Hills Like White Elephants" a better example of modernism writing?

C)Research the term "tragedy" and apply to the character of Charlie in "Babylon Revisited." Is this character a tragic figure? What characteristics does he have that are demonstrated in this narrative that makes him one?

D) How does Fitzgerald demonstrate the ideas of the modernist period in his story? Who is the protagonist and what is the conflict? Does the protagonist overcome the conflict or, in the end, is he a victim? Do you find him sympathetic or do you feel he gets what he deserves?