Hills Like White Elephants Analysis

To a normal reader who may just may glance at a story and read it without actually paying attention to details analyzing a short story can be difficult. I personal had to read “Hills like white Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway twice before I could fully grasp the concept of what was going on. This story by Hemingway sounds so simple but yet most people have a hard time understanding it. In the story the characters never clarified what they were talking about as the reader you have to read and interpret what we believe the conversation may be about. This story is so confusing because unlike other short story it never got straight to the point. The author wasn’t forward about the issues or emotions that were being portrayed in the story. This is what makes the story so unique because it forces you to think. I

She remains calm and nonchalant as the man try to reason and pursue her to get the abortion. He goes in and say “and if you do it you’ll be happy and things will be like they were and you will love me? As if he is trying to say that if she doesn’t get it done she really don’t love him. She emphasize that she loves him and always will but is second guessing if the feeling is mutual. You can tell that she don’t feel love because she made the statement that she will do it because she don’t care about herself. The man insists that he don’t want her to do it if he makes her feel that way. At this point she has clearly caught the hint that his is something that it really wants done. You can tell at this point she is frustrated about the situation because she walks off. As she walk off and look into the mountains the says “We can have all this” insinuating that she saying it to please him. You can tell that she is bored and tired of doing the same things however, he wants to continue to travel. She becomes frustrated and tired of the conversation and asks can they have another