Hillsl like white elephants, by Ernest Hemingway , analysis of content and style

Hills Like White Elephants, a widely anthologized and much-discussed story, offers a glimpse at spare prose and understated dialogue that represents Hemingway's mastery of style. The story is told entirely through dialogue in a conversation between a young woman and a man waiting for a train in Spain. As they talk, it becomes clear that the young woman is pregnant and that the man wants her to have an abortion. Through their tight, brittle conversation, …

…done for the reader as we only see the surface of what is going on. It leaves an open end so that readers can have their own ending or take part in the story when reading. And the use of symbolic language, simple words, short sentences and the idiomatic usage all shows Hemingway's skillful and masterful style of writing. He engage readers' imagination and encourage reader to guess and find its meaning between the lines.