In the story "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, it seems that he wants us, the readers, to figure out what this story is about, specifying what the problem is. The story starts off with a man and a girl waiting for the train to come to Madrid. The story does not describe much about the main character, but when they introduce the surface, it is "The American and the girl" (181). This shows that the "American" would be an adult, roughly late 30s or higher, and the "girl" would maybe be a teen that is probably 15 to 18 years old. During the wait, the man was ordering beers and kept telling the girl to do a "simple operation" even though he claimed he also supported her for not doing it as well. This led to a long debate until their train arrived, having the girl had already made her decision but did not say and only gave a smile in the end.
When I first read this short story, the beginning was a simple way to start off. I was pretty confused when they started talking to each other because it was basically a back-and-forth conversation, and it was hard to tell who was talking to who. I was wondering why the man kept ordering more alcohol and pressuring the girl to drink. It hit me that the girl is pregnant. What gave it away was how the man kept saying, ". .. But I don't want you to do it if you don't really want to" (183). He says that he supports the girl's decisi...
