HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS BY Ernest Miller Hemingway

Through out the short story, The "girl"and the American man are traveling and holding a stirring conversation. Without a traditional plot, the conversation is held by pregnant girl and an American man who suggest she have an abortion.Hemingway not outlining the plot of the story, The American appears to be manipulating the girls outcome in order to perpetuate a lifestyle in which she is a convenient with out a child. Throughout the story, the girl expressions changes from frustration to vulnerable to please the American. During the conversation, she tells the man to stop talking. The girl wants to make a decision on her own. Throughout the story the man is trying provide a solution to his benefit but the girl wants to decide for her benefit of her physical health and emotional state of mind. I believe Hemingway provides time for the girl to reflect the "train ride" to her, continuous journey's she is facing as a pregnant woman. The aftermath of getting of the abortion would solely be her responsibility because the American doesn't hint readers he will be present if she keeps the baby. Hemingway not giving the conversation an outside relevance too their dialect, makes me question the significance of the American. Were him an the girl lovers', friends, or associates ?. The story's tone gives you a vivid idea of how convincing the American is to the girl to get an abortion. The abortion is considered a "simple" operation in the American eyes. The girl repeats she doesn't care about her self more than the American. She becomes vulnerable in the end. She wants to have the baby but if it means loosing the American she chooses to get an abortion.