Hills Like White Ellephants

Hills Like White Ellephants is a short story about 4-5 pages and is written by Ernest Hemingway. In the story there is a girl named Jigs and an American Man. They sit on a bench drinkng alcohol while waiting for a train. After discussions about the story a conclusion was made that the girl, Jigs was having a mysterious operation, otherwise known as the abortion. The American man is thought to be much older hence being called a man while Jigs is simply named the girl. It doesn't say in the story whether or not the abortion took place but while they are sitting on the bench drinking the alcohol they do pay close attention to the left and right sides of their views; one being life and the other being death. They also see the clouds and Jigs thinks they look like white elephants, which can be portrayed as something for a babys room. It is obvious that the man wants the abortion to take place because after the operation there lives will be happy again and tells her that it is really a simple operation, although he continues to tell her that if she doesn't want to then she doesn't have to.