"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, is told mainly through dialogue. It is a conversation between a young woman and a man waiting for a train in Spain. Throught their convesation, it becomes evident that the young woman is pregnant. The man who accompanies her is devastated by this news and insist she has an abortion. Even though much of their emotions and personalities dealing with the situation is revealed, a lot is also left unsaid. Towards the end of the story, it is still unknown what their decision is or what will happen to the two them. A lot is left up in the air.
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This is a bit too much plot summary. Analyze: why is the man devastated? why must she have an abortion? what is left unsaid?
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