Hills Like white Elephants

“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. Throughout the story, Hemingway uses metaphors to express the characters’ opinions and feelings. “Hills Like White Elephants” displays the differences in …

…people view differently, and the main characters in “Hills Like White Elephants” are examples of this. The woman sees pregnancy as a beautiful fact of life and a wonderful experience. She feels that losing that experience would take away from her freedom. The man, on the other hand, looks at pregnancy as an inconvenience that happens, and getting an abortion is an easy way to overcome the inconvenience and continue on with life without complications.