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Hills Like White Elephants, written by Ernest Hemingway, is a story that takes place in Spain while a man and woman wait for a train. The story is set up as a dialogue between the two, in which the man is trying to convince the woman to do something she is hesitant in doing. Through out the story, Hemingway uses metaphors to express the characters' opinions and feelings. Hills Like White Elephants displays the differences in the way a man and a woman view pregnancy and abortion. The woman looks at pregnancy as a beautiful aspect of life. In the story the woman's pregnancy is implied through their conversation. She refers to the near by hills as elephants; "They look like white elephants" (464). She is comparing the hills to her own situation, pregnancy. "They're lovely hills. They really don't look like white elephants. I just meant the coloring of their skin through the trees" (465). Just as the hills have their distinct beauty to her, she views pregnancy in the same fashion making the reference to the hills having skin-an enlarged mound forming off of what was once flat. The man views pregnancy just the opposite. When the girl is talking about the white elephants and agrees that the man has never seen one, his
He drank an Anis at the bar and looked at the people. The man, on the other hand, feels nothing has been accomplished. In the bar, he was the only one not waiting patiently for the train, implying that the others are at ease with the situation they are in, not anxious to overcome it. They were all waiting reasonably for the train. Throughout the story it is evident that the woman is not sure if she wants to have the abortion-shown in her hesitation to agree. He took the bags (questions) to the tracks looking for the train (an answer), but saw nothing coming. Coming back, he walked through the barroom, where people waiting for the train were drinking. When the girl says, "It's ours," referring to everything the world has to offer, the man replies, "No, it isn't. When the conversation turns from the hills to the operation one is able to comprehend the mentality of the woman. He picked up the two heavy bags and carried them around the station to the other tracks. The man feels that if the girl does not have the abortion his freedom will be taken from him. 'Do you feel better?' (467)This is a major metaphor in the story explaining the man's situation at the end.
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