A Comparison of "Hills Like White Elephants" and "The CLOD & the PEBBLE"

   Ernest Hemingway and Willam Blake show us the different aspects of love in their short story and poem. When we think of love, it is easy for people to come up with "romantic love". We like to believe that love is pure, innocent, and happy; however, we cannot avoid to facing uncomfortable facet of love. In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants", Ernest Hemingway make the reader imagine what attitude the characters have towards the unromantic situation by describing the conversation between an American man, who tries to induce his "girl"friend to follow what he wants to do, and a girl, who struggles for going through the disadvantageous situation. On the other hand, William Blake expresses what love is like in the poem "The CLOD & the PEBBLE" from his point of view. He portrays two angles of "love" metaphorically: "And builds a Heaven in Hells despair" and "And builds a Hell in Heavens despite". This shows how contrasting his point of view of love is.    
   Love changes as things change. Falling in love is sometimes like riding a roller coaster, so we might get ready to be brave. We can be in a Hell. We can be in a Heaven. We don't know which one we are going to be in.  It is the beauty of love, however, even if it becomes a tragedy at times. Nevertheless, being in love is such a pleasure because at least it means that we are breathing and have a chance to go on a way to where we wish for.