Hills Like White Elephants-
"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway is an interesting short story. It begins with a somewhat boring conversation between a man and woman and all of a sudden the man says, "It's really an awfully simple operation, Jig" (126). The conversation then turns into the man convincing his girlfriend/wife (not sure?) to get this operation, and the woman seems to want to as long as it will make him happy and make him love her again. The "operation" is an obviously an abortion, even though they do not come out and say it. The rest of the story is basically an argument between the couple, and the woman clearly lets the man know that she does not want to go through with it. The man still tries to convince her. The conversation going on between the couple clearly shows that the man has more power than the woman in the relationship. In the end, she acts "fine" and "happy," but it is clear to the reader that she is not. My guess is that she is going to have the abortion. This story is somewhat depressing because from the beginning one can see that the couple is not a happy one. The woman wants more than she is recieving from the man, and the man dominates her. It is an unfortunate situation.