Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills like White Elephants” (reprinted in Thomas R. Arp,
             Perrines Literature, Sound, and Sense, 7th ed. [1972] 170) uses setting to create a brilliant
             story. The story takes place at a train station, where the couple is waiting for the train and
             discussing what is going over some drinks. It is thought that they are discussing whether
             or not the women should have an abortion. They are at a table in the shade under the hot
             sun, a dry barren land to one side and a green fertile land to the other. There are two
             tracks on either side resembling whether or not she should have the abortion, two different
             There is a lot of small talk between the two, and they also have a couple beers, and
             drinks. I think the drinks are there to show that they are both nervous, and people drink
             when their nerves kick in. The women in the story keeps looking at the beaded curtain as
             if she is waiting for some one to leave or come in, maybe she is thinking about leaving
             herself. The women also makes a comment the hills look like white elephants, which is a
             term used for something that has out lived its usefulness, I feel that she thinks he, or their
             relationship has outlived any usefulness. The women walks into the sun away from the
             shade, looks about and says that they could have everything, but the man calls her back to
             the shade. I feel that was her last try, walking into the spotlight one n last time. The
             women just wanted silence after that point, because she knew that he wouldn’t really be
             The two sides of the land she looks at are the dry baron side that represents her
             having the abortion, her being baron, and the green fertile side with a beautiful river,
             which represents her keeping the baby, but the man doesn’t want anything to do with that
             side. The man puts the bags by the other tracks, and comes bac
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