<Tab/>Literature often focuses upon the choices people make in important situations and the consequences that follow. Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" and Kawabata's "First Snow on Fuji" both present characters who must make life and death decisions. These choices will change their lives forever. <Tab/>Most of the decisions we face on a daily basis are relatively insignificant. For example, we choose between oatmeal and shredded …showed first 75 words of 503 total…

…showed last 75 words of 503 total…child away. <Tab/>Life is full of crossroads and people . are faced with the challenge of choosing which way to turn. Some choices are particularly difficult, especially in cases when our decisions may affect the rest of our lives. The stories "Hills Like White Elephants" and "First Snow on Fuji" strike a chord in so many readers since like the characters in these stories we've all had to make difficult choices.