Hills by The white Elephants, by Ernest Heminway Essay #2
The Short story begins in Spain, Ebro valley. The main characters start out with no real names until later, being referred to as merely “a man”,or “The American” for the main male character throughout the story. The main women, simply being referred to as “girl”, and only two times as “jig” being the real name of the women. The only other known interactive characters is a bartender, who is referred to as “women”, unlike the main female, called “girl”. The main conflict and theme is awkwardness and quite literally illustrates the expression “lets address the elephant in the room” The American, the girl has conversation at a crossroads train station over drinks (while she is pregnant, very bad health wise but unknown at the time(1920-30s), also figuratively for both discussing a decision that is life changing. The girl is pregnant while the father is the “American” man. The put off topic that is mentioned time to time in bursts rather than put out by drinks is wether or not to have an ab...