Ernest Hemingway’s 1927 short story “Hills Like White Elephants” was published first in the periodical transitions and then in his short story collection Men Without Women.
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“Hills Like White Elephants” centers on a couple’s verbal duel over, as strongly implied by the text and as widely believed by many scholars, whether the girl will have an abortion of her partner’s child. Jig, clearly reluctant to have the operation, suspects her pregnancy has irrevocably changed the relationship but still wonders whether having the abortion will make things between the couple as they were before.
The entire story is a conversion with high focus on opinions and world views on personal decisions of abortion, ethics, body image etc. While the scenery is around the beautiful Ebro river, the imagery is used to show the placid and calm exterior around a person who goes through turmoil within when important and life changing decisions have to be taken.
Image - Ebro river from fishsurfing site
“Hills Like White Elephants” centers on a couple’s verbal duel over, as strongly implied by the text and as widely believed by many scholars, whether the girl will have an abortion of her partner’s child. Jig, clearly reluctant to have the operation, suspects her pregnancy has irrevocably changed the relationship but still wonders whether having the abortion will make things between the couple as they were before.
The entire story is a conversion with high focus on opinions and world views on personal decisions of abortion, ethics, body image etc. While the scenery is around the beautiful Ebro river, the imagery is used to show the placid and calm exterior around a person who goes through turmoil within when important and life changing decisions have to be taken.
Image - Ebro river from fishsurfing site
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