Ernest Hemingway’s short story, “Hills Like White Elephants” has symbolism throughout the setting. The setting of the story represents the decision that needs to be made by the American man and the girl as to whether or not she will go through with the operation. One choice is to choose life and have the baby - this is apparently what the girl truly wants, another choice is to make her dearly loved one happy and go through the operation. He is not ready for baby and the tension between the two is almost as sizzling as the heat of the Spanish sun.
It is painful when two people love each other, live together and become part of each other, but when the moment of responsibility comes, we really see the real faces. The man who made his girlfriend pregnant doesn’t want the baby and acts like a kid who wants to escape from the reality and leave his girlfriend by herself to handle the situation.In the end of the story we still don't know what decision the girl is going to take: "She was sitting at the table and smiled at him. "Do you feel better?" he asked. "I feel fine", she said. "There's nothing wrong with me. I feel fine."
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Excellent job. Your writing is improving. Keep up the good work. (Nice simile about their tension and the Spanish sun!)
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