Hills Like White Elephant by Ernest Hemingway

Student’s Name
Instructor
Course
Due Date
OWN TITLE
Introduction
“Hills like White Elephant” by Hemingway is an excellent example of the role of women in the last century. In the story, women do not have much influence in their marriages or relationships when it comes to important issues like abortion. Other themes like, the theme of communication, conflict, change, and reliance are also illustrated in the story. The conversation the couple has at the railway station is the center of the short story. This story is essential because it uses symbolism for the two protagonists. Therefore symbolism and sharp dialogue are some of the dominant styles in this story.
Ernest Hemingway narrates the story of a man and a woman who disagreed on a conflict that could potentially affect their entire relationship. Hemingway presents the readers with a social dilemma of male domination in society over women (Hemingway, 39). The conversation takes place at that train station and that the husband would like the girl to have an abortion. Hemingway uses symbolism to illustrate that jog is pregnant, and a decision should be made whether or not she should keep the pregnancy. At the beginning of the story, Hemingway describes the condition of the atmosphere as there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines in the sun” (Hemingway 5). On one part of the landscape, there is no tree, and this symbolizes barrenness while the other side the fields are green and this symbolizes fertile ground. The author creates a sense of distance between the couples in the manner he introduces them. Hemingway describes them as the girl and the American. His use of vast symbolism throughout gives the reader a sense that the woman, Jig, might choose not to have the abortion (Mays, n.d).
Hemingway also uses symbolism when she tells the American that t...